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minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 year agoOne is running some nobodies over, the other making a rich person some pennies less rich. Must set a precedent, y’know?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoon paper It’s making them less rich only if you assume pirated copies would’ve been sales. That’s generally not the case, and piracy can often increase sales by pirates recommending things to people who will actually buy.
One is running some nobodies over, the other making a rich person some pennies less rich.
Must set a precedent, y’know?
on paper
It’s making them less rich only if you assume pirated copies would’ve been sales. That’s generally not the case, and piracy can often increase sales by pirates recommending things to people who will actually buy.