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Scientists can't find evidence for damages by Online Film Piracy (ssrn.com)
3 points by fpp on Feb 15, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



No damages to the film industry in the U.S. could be proven - outside of the U.S. up to 7%, mainly for films for which the release is substantially delayed.

"... By contrast, we do not see evidence of elevated sales displacement in US box office revenue following the adoption of BitTorrent, and we suggest that delayed legal availability of the content abroad may drive the losses to piracy..."




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