Sony’s War on Makers, Hackers, and Innovators

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Kasz216 said:

Yeah, uh... I said scientific studies... not "Lets go on a torrent site find downloads and multiply by $60."  If you look at actual economic studies that try and factually find any damages from piracy... they can't find them.

http://www.osnews.com/story/24376/Piracy_Increases_Anime_DVD_Sales_Study_Concludes

http://www.undergroundthecomic.com/2010/10/pictures-help-us-learn/

http://musicbusinessresearch.wordpress.com/2010/05/29/gao-report-on-the-economic-impact-of-piracy/

You can't prove in a court of law that there are actual negative effects... heck the research usually suggests otherwise.  The last time they did try and prove it on a global level the RIAA lost.

As for the PSP.  PSP hardware sales were up dramtically due to piracy and jailbreaking.  So you gain the misconception that software artificially low, but the truth is, hardware is artificially high.

Without jailbreaking on PSP, PSP would have sold far less.

Your 3rd link is almost as bad as the first 2 and even states it doesnt exactly know the effect of piracy because its quite difficult to determine because their is several factors to take into account. Furthermore,  this snippet tells you it cannot be applied to the gaming industry.

The authors come to the conclusion that there is no “rule of thumb” that measures the effects of “piracy” on an industry or even on the economy as a whole, since “piracy” rates completely differ across different industries.

This too just shows that if its such a difficult thing to diagnose then why only 12 interviews, some interviewing of industry associates, and 3 relevant studies of p2p isnt nearly enough to give an accurate assement of piracy as a whole. so its mostly just refering to piracy in this small instance.

Although the GAO-report provides critical insights on the economic effects of “piracy”, the statements are not based on primary surveys and sources. Instead the authors conducted twelve structured expert interviews with government officials, academics, and other stakeholdern and also drew upon information gained from conversations with industry associations and other organizations outside the structured interview process. Moreover, the authors reviewed quantitative as well as qualitative studies published since 1999 of the impact of “piracy”. However, it should be noted that only three relevant studies on P2P music file sharing were included in the study