| Jumpin said: Piracy declined on PC because of a change in the nature of software changed: DRM, and the online nature of games, freemium, and microtransactions. In addition, there has been an increased risk and awareness of viruses when downloading any software on a piracy site. |
DRM did squat. PC always had DRM. Heck, even Denuvo isn't proving to be effective.
| Jumpin said: You're going to have to substantiate your claims on "refused to change their business model" because you've given no reason to buy it. On the other hand, I can point to extensive piracy - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-young-say-file-sharing-ok/ which states 58% of Americans participated in music piracy by 2003 which corresponds to the sudden drop in the music industry at this time. You're going to have to disprove that had any effect with more than an unsubstantiated statement. The reason why home film industry took longer to hit decline is that of the larger file sizes, but by 2004 in Europe and 2009 in the US, it was in decline and piracy in the form of downloading and streaming was heavy. The market is heavily devalued from piracy to the point that digital streaming platforms can't even begin to compensate the loss. On pricing, you can say that people complained all they want, but the evidence is against your statement. It is a FACT that there was tremendous market growth in the music industry through the 80s and 90s and the market collapsed with the advent of heavy piracy in the early 2000s. |
You seem to be missing my point entirely, I am not saying that piracy doesn't effect sales.
In markets that had rampant Piracy... When the media in question that was heavily pirated was made cheaper, more accessible with value added incentives, piracy declined.
In the PC market this ended up being Steam.
In the music Market that ended up being iTunes and Spotify.
In the TV/Movie market (Which is still under transition) that was the likes of Netflix.
For-profit businesses need to compete with free, just litigating your way out of it is never going to work, you MUST change your business model and adapt to changing market conditions or fail, that is what Capitalism is all about.
| Jumpin said: It's very clear that piracy devalues markets. |
It's also very clear that piracy can change markets for the better.
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