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Originally Posted by TheDoc
How is to the end of 2005, Jurassic? That statement makes you look really stupid. It's about history, going back and looking... and it was the first result on Google.
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2002 and 2005 is jurassic when we are talking about technology. And if you believe Google rank means more than peer-review, then you have a problem with validating sources.
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
US Movie Market Summary 1995 to 2009, the data is from the mpaa and 09 isn't done. Now... This a big overview, we can't see all the breakdowns within the market. That shows exactly where DVD sales went...
http://www.the-numbers.com/market/ |
I see a decrease in number of sales. So that means they didn't go to the movie or bought the DVD, after downloading for free.. after all.. or what?
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
How about this one.. "95% of all music is pirated" <-- damn!
http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_...s/dmr2009.html
"The digital music business internationally saw a sixth year of expansion in 2008, growing by an estimated 25 per cent to US$3.7 billion in trade value. Digital platforms now account for around 20 per cent of recorded music sales, up from 15 per cent in 2007. Recorded music is at the forefront of the online and mobile revolution, generating more revenue in percentage terms through digital platforms than the newspaper (4%), magazine (1%) and film industries (4%) combined." |
Yes, and it's not pirates who sell their music as affiliates. It's like the write; LICENSE partners. Without piracy, legal partners would make much more money.
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Funded by the Gov, wanting to find problems with Piracy... oops.
http://www.ivir.nl/publicaties/vanei...ranslation.pdf
"The research shows that the economic implications of file sharing for welfare in the
Netherlands are strongly positive in the short and long terms. File sharing provides
consumers with access to a broad range of cultural products, which typically raises
welfare. Conversely, the practice is believed to result in a decline in sales of CDs,
DVDs and games."
Again... one search, all in top 5 listings.. if you want anymore data, you can read it by the 10,000's from every niche, sub-niche in the niches, across countries, languages, ages... technology based... so much, it's truly 10,000's of hours of data.
This time... why don't you do the leg work rather than spouting off again. |
Yes, of course there is an overall
transfer of material welfare and increase in cultural welfare. That's the fucking point of piracy (and socialism): "sharing is caring". Jesus... That still doesn't prove that
pirates pay MORE money to Mr. Music - or Little Miss X . How are you going to compensate for their loss? And how are you going to compensate for the lower quality?