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The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales (2017)

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Re: The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales (2017)

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Post by marcosdumay »

quazar wrote: post #114
sylvain_kerkour wrote: post #92

The best way I have found to prevent the piracy of my book ( https://kerkour.com/black-hat-rust ) is to inundate pirate platforms with only the first chapter and with a discount code inside for those who can't afford the original price. My hypothesis is that if they enjoyed the first chapter, most people would want to support my work instead of being freeriders. So far it worked really well. Thinking that you can pre…

Please stop spamming these websites with fake content.

Hum... The morality here is certainly not simple.

Re: The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales (2017)

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Post by mandmandam »

tqi wrote: post #81
mandmandam wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If losing some small portion of their tens of billions to piracy actually helps hundreds of smaller producers to somewhat level the grossly inequitable playing field, then I think the title is fair. If hundreds or thousands of smaller businesses are allowed to flourish or even survive, thanks to the higher sales due to piracy leveling the playing field a bit, then it would be kinda wild to suggest that "piracy harms…

While I also DGAF about disney/sony/wb bottom line, my point is that "Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales except for companies I don't care about" is not the same as "Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales."

How about "Piracy Doesn't Harm Sales Overall, But It Does Level the Playing Field and Make Disney Slightly Less Ridiculously Wealthy and Powerful."

A bit wordy, I think.

Re: The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales (2017)

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Post by thfuran »

kevviiinn wrote: post #60
AlecSchueler wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What can be done about that?

Ban lobbying and think tanks

So it shouldn't be legal to write your Congressional rep and tell them you want them to do X?

Re: The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales (2017)

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Post by endisneigh »

sylvain_kerkour wrote: post #92

The best way I have found to prevent the piracy of my book ( https://kerkour.com/black-hat-rust ) is to inundate pirate platforms with only the first chapter and with a discount code inside for those who can't afford the original price. My hypothesis is that if they enjoyed the first chapter, most people would want to support my work instead of being freeriders. So far it worked really well. Thinking that you can pre…

Why not simply give away the book and ask them to donate if they enjoyed it, then?

Re: The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales (2017)

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Post by dmbche »

tqi wrote: post #81
mandmandam wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If losing some small portion of their tens of billions to piracy actually helps hundreds of smaller producers to somewhat level the grossly inequitable playing field, then I think the title is fair. If hundreds or thousands of smaller businesses are allowed to flourish or even survive, thanks to the higher sales due to piracy leveling the playing field a bit, then it would be kinda wild to suggest that "piracy harms…

While I also DGAF about disney/sony/wb bottom line, my point is that "Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales except for companies I don't care about" is not the same as "Piracy Doesn’t Harm Sales."

After reading the article, isn't it simply that there is no statistically relevent evidence that piracy harms sale in this study?

Re: The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales (2017)

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Post by dmbche »

falcolas wrote: post #97
ilyt wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't put CD into your phone; but you can put MP3 on it. As Gaben said, "piracy is a service problem". Look at years; that's when portable music players; then smartphones; started to become popular Pirating is easier than buying CD then ripping MP3 just to listen. If we had the ease of use of today's music streaming the dip would probably be much lower; but between the tech at the time and RIAA cockblocking anyone th…

> Pirating is easier than buying CD then ripping MP3 just to listen. Really? I've never thought so. Perhaps if you consider buying the CD as a major burden, which I don't get. Put CD in computer. Rip at your choice of bitrate. Listen. vs. Download pirating software. Search for song. Download song. Verify it's not a trojan for an executable or zip bomb, etc. Verify you got the full songs. Verify you got the actual son…

After a few times, it is very similar to searching for what you want on pirate bay, taking the one with seeds and comments, and you're golden.

It is incredibly faster than going to the store.

Re: The EU suppressed a 300-page study that found piracy doesn’t harm sales (2017)

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Post by dmbche »

nomel wrote: post #18
bee_rider wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Although, it is easy to misinterpret your quote because of the removed context. > The only negative link the report found was with major blockbuster films:“The results show a displacement rate of 40 percent which means that for every ten recent top films watched illegally, four fewer films are consumed legally.” This is only true for a subset of films, “major blockbusters.” (Of courses, this is where the “top” in you…

That seems significant, for Hollywood. What am I not understanding here? Why is this wrapped in a "the only" phrasing?

This is accounting for piracy of games, music and movies - in total, having only one place where sales are affected is quite minimal - and looks like an anomaly if everything else is unaffected.
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