Ahoy me hearty.Billions plundered from the US

[milomak]

http://www.ipi.org/ipi/IPIPublicati...okupFullText/5C2EE3D2107A4C228625733E0053A1F4

“Piracy” of recorded music costs the U.S. sound recording industries billions of dollars in lost revenue and profits. These losses, however, represent only a fraction of the impact of recorded music piracy on the U.S. economy as a whole. Combining the latest data on worldwide piracy of recorded music with multipliers from a well established U.S. government model, this study concludes that recorded music piracy costs American workers significant losses in jobs and earnings, and governments substantial lost tax revenue.

 

[ToxicBunny]

*yawn*

When will these organisations stop with these bogus studies. I refuse to pay R150+ for a CD with only 1 or 2 songs on it that I like, and I also refuse to pay R12 for a song from a local online site that I then can't use on my ipod.

Bring the prices back down to reality and we can start talking, until such time. 1 pirated song/cd does NOT equal 1 lost sale.