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Originally Posted by HarryT
Apologies for being unclear, Moejoe: permit me to rephrase it: "People who should buy a ticket but instead choose not to do so". Hope that clarifies my meaning. I think it's a rather apt analogy, personally. Doubtless the freeloaders will claim "but the subway train is running anyway, so who's lost out it I don't buy a ticket?"
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It still doesn't work as an analogy. One is physical, restricted by geography, a part of a service industry and finite. The digital is infinite, unrestricted by geography and limitless. I've already provided a link in an earlier post to show that file-sharing might lead to further sales and has a neglibile effect on lost sales (even if they could measure that accurately). Maybe your analogy should go something like this:
Would you allow someone to ride your transport for free if there was hopes in the future that you might get them to buy a season ticket.
And actually this happens a lot in the physical world through promotions. Buy one get one free, first one is free etc.