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Old 05-03-2012, 06:36 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by baddog View Post
Can you explain that cause and effect for me please. I do not see how prosecuting downloaders can be the cause of increased downloading. Where is your whitepaper on that? Are you suggesting there would be less piracy if there had been no prosecution?
1. you prosecute /block/ the pirate bay
2. the news media picks up the story
3. millions of people who didn't know about the pirate bay found out about from those news sources
4. piracy goes up.
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