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Originally Posted by Penforhire
IMO, the grain of truth here is those who pirate heavily are often music enthusiasts (the other common choice is 'file collector'). They would buy even more music if piracy was not an option. Population skew.
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It's a classic case of the logical fallacy known as
post hoc, ergo propter hoc:
People who pirate a lot of music also buy a lot of music. Therefore, they buy more music
because they pirate music.
That's a relationship that needs to be proven - it cannot be deduced as a logical inference.