10-15-2009, 05:30 AM | #1 | |
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Illegal Downloads 150x More Profitable Than Legal Sales
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10-15-2009, 08:54 AM | #2 |
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Ummm..... where's the link to the article?
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10-15-2009, 09:01 AM | #3 |
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10-15-2009, 09:11 AM | #4 |
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If the truth was to be let out illegal file sharing would be much less if the books were readily available in the formats that the most people could buy and read. Most illegal sharing is done because there are the ones that can break the DRM for the ones that can not read the books because of the restrictions other wise.
It is a fact the more you restrict something the more you encourage illegal use of it. That has been a fact every since creation. Just my two cents Chuck |
10-15-2009, 09:18 AM | #5 | |
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Meh, just looks like more FUD. A company that targets file sharing is trying to convince publishers to go after file sharers, using financial incentives. I doubt many publishers regard this as a viable or preferable revenue stream.
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10-15-2009, 11:37 AM | #6 |
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10-15-2009, 12:52 PM | #7 | |
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10-15-2009, 01:34 PM | #8 | |
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Ultimately, you can never stop them, but you can work to ensure that the difficulty of downloading for free is such that most people would prefer to simply buy the product than go to the trouble of obtaining the free copy. -- Bill |
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10-15-2009, 01:55 PM | #9 |
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It'd be nice if they worked harder at sorting out the legal options as that would be the most effective way of reducing the demand for the illegal alternatives.
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10-15-2009, 02:07 PM | #10 |
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In my country illicit download is a minor criminal offence.
To ask money for to not report the criminal act is itself a criminal offence. So, unless the law is changed, there's no place for such blackmailers. We already have Mafia, Camorra, 'Ndrangheta and the Government, and that's enough, I think. |
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10-15-2009, 04:45 PM | #12 | |
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10-15-2009, 04:52 PM | #13 | |
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10-15-2009, 05:27 PM | #14 | |
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Would you be O.K. with that? Appropriate pricing and sufficient supply (provided there is demand,) are generally effective at capturing the majority of those realistically likely to purchase a product. |
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10-15-2009, 05:56 PM | #15 |
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Copyright holders will also use every dirty trick in the book to go after people. In the past they have illegally snooped into peoples computers, used trojans, run denial of service attacks, everything in the book. They don't mind suing grandmas.
But in the long run that is just suicide for their business, if consumers no longer see a brand as trustworthy, then they don't want to buy their products. |
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