• Carion@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz
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    11 months ago

    Most pirates doesn’t use the product if pirated version isn’t avaliable, they aren’t a costumer, blocking piracy is actually a bad marketing decision, people can build hype even if they aren’t paying. No significant revenue is actually lost for piracy

    • rab@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      Piracy also kept the music industry afloat before Spotify and whatever

      It’s free advertising and costs nothing to the artist

      • Wugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        11 months ago

        piracy also kept the music industry afloat

        And we all saw how grateful 🙏 the music industry was to Napster and the like

        • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          11 months ago

          They were sore about mixtapes and even blocked the release of DAT in the United States.

          Intellectual Property is an illness.