• Zoolander@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    I have pointed that out as a possibility. Not consuming it at all, though, is not theft precisely because the person isn’t consuming it.

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      9 months ago

      In which case piracy only accounts for lost revenue if and only if the pirate would have 100%, guaranteed, purchased the content if a pirates copy was not available. So your calculation does not work.

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        9 months ago

        if a pirates copy was not available.

        This is exactly why my calculation does work. If a pirated copy was not available, they wouldn’t be able to consume the media without paying for it.

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          9 months ago

          But they also wouldn’t have to pay for it. Which is the only way your calculation would work.