The problem with your analysis is that prior to the widespread ability of being able to pirate group 1 was groups 1 and 2 combined so you're not really making an apples to apples comparison. I would suggest a majority of group 2 was at one point part of group 1.

Cool so when I steal your work and you can't pay your rent you'll be ok with that?

This argument makes me insane. Many of these content creators get large advances from middlemen paying them for their works. They also enter these agreements so that these middlemen will actually spend their own money and time working on the project. Those middlemen at the very least have a right to participate in the…

You can record a live show, you can't create or recreate that experience currently (oculus?). That's like suggesting recording video of theme park roller coasters can replace the same experience.

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The Bit Torrent study claims their users buy more music. My argument is that recorded music revenues (inclusive of streams, downloads, etc) should be increasing if BitTorrent users are more likely to buy music, even inclusive of live performances. Overall industry revenues are down since 2004 rather than up.

Do you understand how the music industry works?

You're not looking at what I posted then. On demand streaming, paid subscriptions, and sound exchange is all streaming revenue. And downloads are obviously digital downloads. While digital percentages are increasing the overall pie as represented by the growing and shrinking of the circle is still much smaller than…

Almost every album available for you to purchase is also available to stream. Music is easy to assess by streaming ahead of purchase.

If people who pirate music/movies/games are more likely to buy music/movies/games than people who don't doesn't that mean the revenues should be increasing rather than drastically decreasing?

"Why would I pay when I know for a fact that I can get it for free?"

If people who pirate music/movies/games are more likely to buy music/movies/games than people who don't doesn't that mean the revenues should be increasing rather than drastically decreasing?

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Interesting that BitTorrent would commission a study based on dubious methodology rather than simply release stats that their own internal data could prove or disprove by releasing the *actual* Radiohead sales figures.

Total sidebar. There is a Chrome extension called "Awesome Screenshot" that can crops and screenshot the desired part of loaded page. Ed L.'s really dreadful review of Ruby's Crab Cakes wouldn't have required 4 separate photos. Example here. xo