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[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 3 fun9 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

People downloading are not downloading because they have money and are not willing to spend it.

There is the issue of being poor. And then the issue of availability. If you make your games or movies inaccessible, people will download it. If they have no money, they will download it.

[–]Trajan 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

There's also a sense of entitlement. I've know people who could afford to buy films, yet decided instead they'd simply torrent everything. Two friends would have incredible libraries of films, watching several films each week. The thing is, removing piracy wouldn't have turned them into paying customers. Take away their access to this free entertainment and the best case would see them buying a tiny number of films - entirely disproportionate to the supposed losses from piracy. More likely the bulk of the free time will go into something else.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Agreed.

But I think the bottom line, is that traditional deterrents for pirates are not working. And they need to address the reason.

I hate to say this in the same breath, but copywriter laws need reforming anyway.

[–]Trajan 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Definitely. It's insane that a work created 70 years ago remains a monopoly.