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minus-squarelyralycan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-25 days agoI’m pretty sure that, if you take any one medium, if every single person who downloaded a pirated copy had to instead acquire it legally: a non-zero amount would’ve not bothered; a significant portion would’ve bought it on sale; a significant portion would’ve bought it from a reseller. Antipiracy arguments have always been fraught with erroneous speculation.
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoWithout erroneous speculation the numbers become trivial, pitiful, degrading…
I’m pretty sure that, if you take any one medium, if every single person who downloaded a pirated copy had to instead acquire it legally:
Antipiracy arguments have always been fraught with erroneous speculation.
Without erroneous speculation the numbers become trivial, pitiful, degrading…