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Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by karpierz on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @10:16PM (#30774095)
> It's been proven that music piracy is _positively_ correlated with sales

Which makes sense, things that sell well also are more likely to be pirated. Has it been shown that piracy causes sales to increase? I've looked around but I haven't found anything reliable.

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Re:Nintendo Switch prevents downgrades by irreparably blowin... by ______-_-______ on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @10:09AM (#30778617)
This is the first thing I found on google https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11293-017-9567-1 but there are papers supporting both sides (eg sibling comment). I guess it's not as cut and dry as I made it sound.
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