Originally Posted by Halcyon
...it's a nuanced issue and the subject of a lot of study. Simply going apeshit when someone talks about piracy is being ignorant of the issues involved, both good and bad.
Three recent articles of some relevance, though looking at the online music industry:

File-Sharing Boosts Creation of New Hit Music, Research Finds
Online Music Piracy Doesn't Hurt Sales, European Commission Finds
File-Sharers Buy 30% More Music Than Non-P2P Peers

Last edited by Stargazer; 10/07/14 12:11 AM.