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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
There was never any way to measure how many people were buying those CDRs, whereas it is relatively easy to measure how many people are downloading them. You might think it is much more prevalent now than it was in the past, but that is only because it is more visible.
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I think it is more prevelant now because so many more people I have contact with state they have downloaded material even if they have never bought material on CDR from the back of a truck.
Almost everyone I know personally has downloaded a movie or album or software program at some time, from grandmothers through to pre-teens. Most of those people have never bought anything on CDR from a guy in the street.
Many random people I come in contact with through work or socially are in the same category.
Most people I have contact with through forum boards admit to downloading something at some point.
Many people under the age of 20 have grown up downloading things and never having bought CDRs.
Now, whilst all those people new to the "illigitimate content" scene have come on board because of downloading you still have all those people who were buying CDRs from the back of a truck who are now downloading instead.
So the idea that the number of people obtaining copywritten material through illigitimate means has not grown at all since the advent and subsequent growth and popularity of the internet, file-sharing etc is, in my opinion of course, simply ludicrous.
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Originally Posted by mr poppy
What will be interesting to see, is what happens to entertainment industry profits when downloading is forced back underground where it was before. I believe they will fall back down to the level they were at pre-download era. Mainly because of all the people who will go back to buying CDRs.
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It wont ever be forced back underground.
As new measures are taken to stop downloading, new measures to circumvent those measures will be taken. Just like when new DRM comes out it is very quickly cracked.
Cheers,
PKFFW