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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I don't think that is true either. Is every former Napster user now pirating movies?
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Have you checked youtube? Quite a few, not out of copyright movies there. For several years, it was one of the few places you could find a copy of Sands of Iwo Jima. Prior to the movie streaming services, there were a lot more people who pirated movies via BitTorrent.
IMPO, the biggest thing that counters piracy is the availability of the work via legit channels. Services like iTunes, Netflix and Amazon Video makes movie piracy very much a fringe activity. Same for music. Same for ebooks. You have some groups that pirate for cultural reasons, but for the most part,