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Originally Posted by TheDoc
uggg.. it's a cultural study, with the data in it.. you're getting stuck on details outside the subject... which is, piracy hurts sales, income, etc..
"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."
Economic implications of file sharing, is positive in the short and long term. It doesn't hurt CD, DVD or game sales.
That's the point...
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Dammit, you claim pirates are paying MORE to the industry, which IS a question of material welfare (money) - NOT culture. They DEFINE material welfare as the TOTAL amount of money, AND they conclude the same material welfare is there, BUT it's transfered from operators/producers TO consumers. The cultural "increased" welfare is irrelevant.
I suggest you research and read references yourself, before calling other lazy
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
You aren't going to mass educate the population on what they call, sharing. We were taught to share, so things would really have to change.
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Yes, I have no problems with people sharing their own work or property, if they want to. But sharing your own work or property voluntary with others, is not the same as stealing FROM others. Haven't you learned the difference? Or did you learn: "if I want it - then I just take it"?
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
If it's good, hell yeah, without question.
Even myself, kungfu, cartoons, music even on gfy... hell yeah.. I'm not afraid to spend money on things I like.. I am afraid to spend money on shit sold to me as good.
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Yeah right...
Well, let me quote what the "community" said about the piratebay plan about becoming a paid model:
If the shareholders give the green light to the new plans, the Pirate Bay will be acquired on August 27. Whether or not any of the existing users will start to pay for the site is yet to be seen, but we estimate, based on talks with several Pirate Bay users, that the majority will wave goodbye and move on to the next torrent site.
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Huh? You assume torrents don't have legal content on them?
Hahaha... please.. People release music, even movies get released ONLY on torrents, everything.
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Yeah, sorry I forgot you can't place it into context. I meant
pirate torrents of course. Now, go to any
pirate torrent sites top500 and tell me how much percentage is legal content
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Hahaha...... other than they have been praising it, other than bands have been releasing music on torrents.. writers have been sharing ideas pre-releasing books, then building massive followings, and selling out, without anyone printing the thing.
Wow... you really have no idea what's REALLY going on.
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No, it looks like you have no idea, and I can now see, like Gideon, you are just trolling. First you quote the massive opposition against piracy, and now you suddenly say they praise it? I'm done with you. Go troll someone else. lol...