Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ...
by elondaits on Sunday July 11, 2021 @09:38AM
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Pfffff!! In Argentina you could go to brick and mortar computer stores with your box of blank floppies and ask them to copy whatever game you wanted from a long dot-matrix printed list in a binder.
Years later, with CD writers, there was a website called “Ed Sullivan and his Cambodian slaves” [sic] with a long list of movies and TV shows you could have delivered home in a couple of days. Or just stroll to the park in the center of town where several stalls offered copies of all types of computer software, MP3 collections, games, movies, etc.
… There were also guys on trains, carrying a portable CD player, speakers and a battery, who sold music and movies.
Years later, with CD writers, there was a website called “Ed Sullivan and his Cambodian slaves” [sic] with a long list of movies and TV shows you could have delivered home in a couple of days. Or just stroll to the park in the center of town where several stalls offered copies of all types of computer software, MP3 collections, games, movies, etc.
… There were also guys on trains, carrying a portable CD player, speakers and a battery, who sold music and movies.