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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by vinay427 on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @09:34AM (#27832812)
Your point seemed to be about "music" before veering into an example with music videos, in which I have no experience.

> For things like music and tv series, there's more hassle when acquiring the product via "official" channels.

> I can't fathom why anybody would feel like buying music is less of a hassle than downloading music without buying it.

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Re:EU withheld a study that shows piracy doesn't hurt sales ... by baobabKoodaa on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @09:37AM (#27832834)
> Your point seemed to be about "music" before veering into an example with music videos

True. Note that the text you quoted referred to "acquiring the product". Streaming audio from Spotify temporarily is different from "acquiring" the audio file. Do you think acquiring audio files via official channels is somehow less of a hassle than acquiring them via unofficial channels, like youtube-dl?

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