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Re:Debunking piracy justifications by nodata on Sunday November 21, 2010 @03:12PM (#1927757)
Off topic, but I'd like the price of, say, TV shows, to match the price that the current buyers (the advertisers) currently pay.

A buck an episode is a fair few bucks per season. The advertisers are paying pennies.

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Re:Debunking piracy justifications by rlpb on Sunday November 21, 2010 @03:26PM (#1927795)
There are relatively few advertisers, so the cost per transaction is low. What is the cost of the administrative overhead of selling TV shows directly? For example, there's customer service, marketing and infrastructure.
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