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I reckon one major difference that sets adult content and consumer goods theft apart is the fact the consumers of adult content tend to do so privately whereas consumers of products such as shoes/handbags do so often as a very public statement. A consumer of adult content is not going to be standing around the watercooler proudly talking about the original non-pirated porn they watched the night before, however a consumer of Gucci handbags is likely to be driven partly by the kudos of owning the original rather than a copy. Those who buy the pirated bags or the close copies will often find themselves being sneered at etc by the fashionistas. The social and personal pressure is stronger for consumer goods such as Gucci, and consequently the losses to piracy are likely to be proportionally greater in an industry such as adult as this social pressure is absent.
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