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Posted by Jeff Rife on 12/09/05 18:28
Justin (nospam@insightbb.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> > 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.
Oh, true. I meant it was hard to believe that DVD sales would triple if
all piracy were stopped.
Also, they wrap "industrial" piracy and "camcorder off theater screen"
in with DVD copying, so it's really hard to believe that DVD copying is
a real problem.
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