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Originally Posted by philip.j.fry
On the other hand, I do have a few movies/TV programmes, but all of the stuff that I watch is either something that I missed on TV, or if it is any good I go to the cinema/buy it. I can honestly say that there are some films I would never have gone to the cinema to see if I hadn't seen a pirate first.
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Exactly, it used to be common for trailers and the like to be released for public consumption to whet the appetite for the real thing. P2P downloads, which for video and even audio MP3 is usually not as good quality as the commercial product enables the potential customer to evaluate if the real thing is worth their cash. If it is worth it we'll go out and but it, and probably more so. Shareware software has survived for years by using this cheap almost self advertising method. Why else is the number of albums being sold still strong, and DVD sales escalating like theres no tommorrow?