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Re:Thank Spotify: people who pirate music has dropped by 25%... by nate_meurer on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @10:27AM (#3047973)
You appear to be using your own definition.

Correct pricing, in an economic sense, is that which an undistorted market will bear, using whatever definition of "undistorted" you like. It's that simple.

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Re:Thank Spotify: people who pirate music has dropped by 25%... by cabalamat on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @11:15AM (#3048238)
> using whatever definition of "undistorted" you like

My definition includes the absence of violence, threats of violence, or dishonesty.

If the only reason people aren't using BitTorrent downloads is threats of violence (which is what threats of internet disconnection are, albeit at several levels removed), then it isn't a free/undistorted market.

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