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Old 04-06-2013, 06:41 AM  
DamianJ
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Originally Posted by johnnyloadproductions View Post

If he’s having no effect, why are there so many comments?
This is the internet. You get hundreds of comments on a cat video.

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Many of the scrapy uploaders have gone extinct, what are left are individuals that treat copyright theft like a business,
Them, and the considerably larger body of people that treat copyright infringement as something to do for no financial recompense whatsoever.

Over 10TB a day is uploaded to usenet. No monetary reward. Multiple TB of data is swopped everyday on HDDs amongst friends. P2P. Private FTP. Etc. Etc. Etc.

Trying to stop people profiting from copyright infringement is admirable, but you are seriously deluded if you think it will lead to more sales because of the HUGE amount of non-profit based copyright infringement.

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