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Originally Posted by sirbruce
2. There is a correlation between A and B. The Dark Knight is more popular than other movies. The Dark Knight made more money on DVD. The Dark Knight was also pirated more..
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This has
nothing to do with the causation/correlation point.
You said (basically) that more piracy will
cause lost sales.
I showed an example where higher piracy
showed no correlation to lost sales.
If that's not enough for you, fine, there are tons of other examples which you said you were aware of. And these exist across than more than just the movie/music industries. Examples exist of authors becoming more popular and making more money once one of their books was pirated. Examples exist of people who made programs for the iPhone app store who made more money once the app was cracked. If all of these examples cannot sway your mind, fine; it will still provide anyone else who reads this more reason to believe my position than yours.