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Originally Posted by Moejoe
You can wonder all you like,
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Thankyou, so glad I have your permission to wonder about something of interest to me!
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Originally Posted by Mojoe
and maybe there is bias and lies (like all studies) but I'd rather take my lies from the file sharing community rather than industries who have a vested interest in the status quo (and lining their own fat pockets).
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No "maybe there is bias and lies".........simply there is!
As for who to take the lies from........why should the lies of one group be any more valid and worth paying attention to than the lies of another group?
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
I can point you to the results from the studies and the institutions that made those studies, but I fear it would make little difference to your opinion and you would only poo-poo the results.
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As Morlac pointed out, the "studies" you linked to are not studies at all but merely opinion pieces and anecdotal stories.
Should there be any valid scientific and verifiable studies then I'd be most happy to have a look at them. Though I have no actual opinion on the validity of the studies as yet(and therefore nothing to "make a difference to), should they stand up to scrutiny I would be most happy to stop wondering about their validity.
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Originally Posted by Moejoe
Instead I give two exemplums:
Before I got my liseuse I downloaded and read a few Cory Doctorow novels, which I then purchased in pbook. Free lead to sales.
After buying my liseuse and downloading ALL of Cory Doctorow's work for FREE I re-bought all of Cory Doctorow's available pbooks and donated them to the local library.
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Two personal anecdotal examples with no way of verifying if they are truthful or not........strike me down with a feather I'm convinced!
Seriously though, for every example of that nature you can give I can give one of someone who just wants free stuff and has no intention of buying or donating anything.
Cheers,
PKFFW