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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Piracy never was a threat before the Internet. People copying tape to tape was never the threat to the music industry that the Internet is. And piracy to the downloader Just means free. Give it to them for free and most will not pay. Or is even that wrong?
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I find this shocking, but you're wrong. Offline piracy is MUCH more of an influence than online.
In fact, according to the RIAA, 70% of all music piracy happens offline.
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/perm...120726swapping
It makes total sense. You can get your 'friend' to come round with his 2TB drive, and copy everything on it in 10 minutes.
Imagine that, you, Paul Markham, being horribly wrong about something!