| reply to kaila
Re: Supply and Demand said by kaila:It is because scarcity doesn't exist in a digital world where everything is infinitely copyable. Decent content will be widely available no matter what. That's the reality.
What the paid/pirated ratio looks like is dependent upon what the content owners charge and how widely they make it available.
I fail to understand what scarcity has to do with gaining access to something without paying for it.
This is the #1 bogus argument in favor of piracy - that nothing tangible is taken so no one is harmed. Sure, nothing tangible is taken but the more people that see piracy as a harmless act without consequences is the more people will simply decide that they're not going to pay and they're simply going to pirate.
This has nothing to do with pricing or business models either. You can't compete against free, and piracy is relatively easy to do. |
