Bull-Fucking-Shit
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Another-Study-Pirates-Are-Industrys-Biggest-Paying-Customers-122852
A new Google-funded survey out of Columbia University (pdf, via Ars Technica) unsurprisingly finds that those who pirate also tend to buy the most content. Despite the RIAA having a hard time admitting this fact, that pirates are the industry's best customers is something that has repeatedly been shown to be true in studies -- over and over and over again.
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2013/20130318study
This is one of the biggest debates in music right now, and it goes far beyond morality and artist rights. Because what if pirates are simply buying more stuff?
What then?
That's actually the conclusion of a new study just published by the European Commission's influential Joint Research Centre, one that involved more than 16,000 participants across five EU countries. And at a top level, the survey, conducted by the Centre's Institute for Prospective Studies, found very little cannibalization between illegal and legal. "Perhaps surprisingly, our results present no evidence of digital music sales displacement," the report concludes.
http://www.electricavenue.net/blog/study-video-game-piracy-farfetched-close/
Maar goed, feiten en logica komt er bij grote bedrijven niet in.
En dantekloon blijkbaar:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/89665/zeker-een-op-drie-free-record-shop-vestigingen-gaat-dicht.html
De FRS-winkels zouden veel last hebben gehad van de teruglopende verkoop als gevolg van webwinkels en een kwakkelende economie, waardoor de economische positie van de keten in Nederland onhoudbaar werd.
Gewijzigd door FloriX op 12-06-2013 om 23:49