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Re:The Man Who Broke the Music Business by Nursie on Monday April 20, 2015 @01:24PM (#9409530)
In some parts of the world (Singapore, Malaysia are places I have seen) there are shops in malls that openly sell copies of stuff. In fact when I first bought a PS3 and went looking for games for it in Singapore I was frequently turned away with "Oh, you want originals? We don't do that here".
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Re:The Man Who Broke the Music Business by Gigablah on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:13AM (#9412396)
You probably won't find a lot of places like that in Singapore anymore. They've really cleaned up over the past 10 years.
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Re:The Man Who Broke the Music Business by Nursie on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @07:07AM (#9413244)
Huh, OK. I guess it probably was about 9 years ago now. How time flies!
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Re:The Man Who Broke the Music Business by smackfu on Monday April 20, 2015 @04:14PM (#9410596)
Practically speaking, no one is going to buy something for $10 when they can get it for $1, especially if they have to work several hours to make $10.
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Re:The Man Who Broke the Music Business by timlimfimbim on Monday April 20, 2015 @07:13PM (#9411395)
...coupled with the "legitimizing" effect of paying some amount of money for something. aka "You wouldn't steal a car would you?" "No, but I might pay a dollar for it".
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