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Posted by Justin on 12/09/05 17:56
Jeff Rife wrote on [Fri, 9 Dec 2005 11:52:07 -0500]:
> Allan (Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arestillbrianlamb.org) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
>> "An estimated 1.2 billion DVDs were sold last year"
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>> http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-01-05-dvd-sales-inside_x.htm
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> Hmm, on a "piracy" note, this puts the latest MPAA claimed losses into real
> perspective...they are saying that for every disc sold, several were pirated
> in some way...basically that they would triple their sales if piracy didn't
> exist. That's pretty hard to believe.
Since the RIAA and the MPAA equate someone copying a CD or DVD as
a lost sale when in reality the people copying probably wouldn't buy it
if it weren't possible to copy, it's not that hard to believe they claim
that.
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