ImpulsE69
Lifer
- Jan 8, 2010
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Yes the overall point is someone will suffer regardless if anyone pirates or not. When you have all 3 sectors claiming billions in losses a year due to piracy there is no way for them to actually know that. It is all speculation on their part and bumped up to make it appear worse than it is.
You don't honestly think they are magically going to each make all those billions up because those pirates are going to buy all the same merchandise do you? If you estimate that 50% of pirates are overseas in poorer underdeveloped countries, no company is going to get money that didn't exist to spend to begin with.
Let me throw out another piece that no one talks about: When you are stationed overseas in a war zone, the US government has zero issue with you paying $1 for pirated copies of movies and video games. They actually (silently)encourage it because it helps their purpose in the environment (local economy/trust) and helps soldiers morale. The reality is in these countries piracy is all they do, they pirate EVERYTHING not just movies/music/games. These people would not be buying legit if it were the only option. This has been going on for decades.
We can argue the right or wrong thing all we want, but at the end of the day, piracy is not the nail in the coffin for the entertainment industry. Ultimately it will be their own business practices that do them in.
You don't honestly think they are magically going to each make all those billions up because those pirates are going to buy all the same merchandise do you? If you estimate that 50% of pirates are overseas in poorer underdeveloped countries, no company is going to get money that didn't exist to spend to begin with.
Let me throw out another piece that no one talks about: When you are stationed overseas in a war zone, the US government has zero issue with you paying $1 for pirated copies of movies and video games. They actually (silently)encourage it because it helps their purpose in the environment (local economy/trust) and helps soldiers morale. The reality is in these countries piracy is all they do, they pirate EVERYTHING not just movies/music/games. These people would not be buying legit if it were the only option. This has been going on for decades.
We can argue the right or wrong thing all we want, but at the end of the day, piracy is not the nail in the coffin for the entertainment industry. Ultimately it will be their own business practices that do them in.
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