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Originally Posted by Sparrow

Those are difficult criteria to meet, whatever side you're on.

It is not a question of sides. If you claim someting to be true you should have support for this claim. If you do not have it you say "I do not know" or you say "this article (reference) seems to indicate that ..." or some other formulation that is not so categorical as the ones you have used.

An example supporting the "piracy causes loss of music sales" is:
http://economics.uchicago.edu/downlo...ustryoct12.pdf

I haven't analysed it closely, since it's not an issue I particularly care about.

It did not seem to be peer reviewed.