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[–] lyralycan@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm pretty sure that, if you take any one medium, if every single person who downloaded a pirated copy had to instead acquire it legally:

  • a non-zero amount would've not bothered;
  • a significant portion would've bought it on sale;
  • a significant portion would've bought it from a reseller.

Antipiracy arguments have always been fraught with erroneous speculation.

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 1 day ago

Without erroneous speculation the numbers become trivial, pitiful, degrading...