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Obviously, this discussion has widened to include piracy, but yeah, places are going out of business, and people are losing their jobs because selfish shits don't want to pay for what they use.
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It’s a bit unfair calling people selfish for trying to pay less. Sure, I don’t condone piracy at all, and I’d like to buy new things and support creatives I like, but realistically I can’t afford to. Bear in mind that used sales support the brick and mortar stores, even if digital sales are pushing them out.
The question is, how much does used sales and/or piracy affect new sales in the long term? There’s some evidence that people can be influenced to buy media after pirating for various reasons, and I don’t think there’s a strong enough link between used sales and industry losses.
I don’t think it’s as clear-cut as “piracy is bad and used sales should be banned”. There’s a lot of contributing factors, with negative attributes being blown out of proportion and positives being downplayed for the sake of having an easy scapegoat.
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The film industry makes the bulk of it's money from theatres.
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I hate to sound like I’m backpedalling, but maybe trying to compare different media industries was a bad idea.