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Re:"Piracy" sounds too sexy, say rightsholders by mrcharles on Thursday March 18, 2010 @01:18PM (#1201854)
There's more and more research showing that sharing causes people to be more interested in things, which lead to them spending more money.

I wish there was more obvious research on this. Because sharing all my music with all my friends (and anyone else, really) causes them to be more interested in music and ultimately become a bigger follower of music. This is also true for movies and TV.

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Re:"Piracy" sounds too sexy, say rightsholders by jasonlotito on Thursday March 18, 2010 @02:10PM (#1202024)
While research might show that in some cases, I'm sure it's not true in all industries. And whatever anyone wants to call it (a rather silly debate), copyright infringement isn't right. Site designs, indie music, the written word, photographs, open source software: it's not just big industry.

But back to the research, I'd be interested if they focused on the industries, or rather, simply the medium (TV, Movies).

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