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Originally Posted by TheFootMan5
Weren't there studies linking downloading music to actually INCREASING sales?
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There have been a few studies that show that those who pirate music and movies actually buy more music and movies than those who do not. My issue with those studies is that I think these are people who would buy anyway even if pirating wasn't available.
For example, let's say one of these people pirates 100 songs per month and buys 10 songs per month. Nobody asks them how many they would buy without pirating so for all we know they might buy 7 songs per month if there were no way to pirate/download for free so now the industry is trading 100 free songs to sell three more to this person.
I want to see that study before I fully buy into it.