vb.org Archive - View Single Post - PirateBay guys are now announced as guilty, what's next?

Lynne · #20 05-06-2009, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by whitetigergrowl

..... The original Transformers movie alone has amassed around 1 billion dollars worldwide. .....

... which doesn't help the case that the leaked movie has hurt profits.

TPB may have over 3.5 million registered users (and over 21 million peers currently), but there are still a whole LOT of internet users who are clueless regarding torrents or how to download free stuff. And a lot of those users will still go out to see movies, buy CDs/DVDs, and pay for software even though they can get it for free.

(And studies like this don't help their case either - Study: Pirates 10x more likely to pay for music)

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