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Originally Posted by kad032000
That was just an example. There are countless more. The most popular films (the ones that make the most money) are routinely pirated the most.
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I've seen them. That's why I said "at best" you can demonstrate a correlation; you can't go beyond that.
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Originally Posted by kad032000
I wasn't concerned with causation. I'm not saying high piracy causes movies to do better (although it might). I'm saying high piracy doesn't mean it will hurt movies. Causation is irrelevant for this argument.
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Causation is entirely relevant because you're saying there isn't any. If the two correlate because of some independent variable (say, the popularity of the movie) that doesn't mean the two don't effect each-other. People who exercise more have increased HDL and lower risk of MI, but that doesn't mean HDL levels have no effect on MI independent of exercise level.