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ast3r3x
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2006-02-13, 20:36

Downloading anything from P2P is playing russian roulette.

That said, I greatly enjoy having access to basically anything I want. There are VERY few things I've ever downloaded and felt guilty about, and I don't plan to stop for most things as I find laws prohibiting them to be silly.

I'll list several of the reasons I don't feel bad below, but one of the biggest reasons that is detrimental to my argument somewhat, but true, is that I wouldn't get it anyways if it wasn't available. I won't list any examples.

Ok, onto some of the reasons I hate the RIAA, and some possible reasons to their 'lost sales.'

•Poor macro-economic conditions
•Reduction in number of releases
•Growing competition from other industries
-Sharp decline in DVD technology prices (causing a boom in any industry dependent on them)
•Similar unexplainable drop in 1970s/1980s
•Equalization of sales from replacement of older formats

It's all pretty ridiculous though because while they continue to complain, other industries (although the MPAA are b——s) continue to grow while they are also effected by P2P.
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