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Originally Posted by Angua
Until you can magic money out of thin air the unaffordable will remain unaffordable regardless of availability. This is where I question the losses claimed by various companies.
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I question them too, they are greatly exaggerated of course, but to suggest that the only people who download the content are people who couldn't afford to purchase it strikes me as ridiculous.
Even in your example assuming this is 'unaffordable' people download instead of renting, less need for rental copies and rental stores close.
There is a loss somewhere in the chain and it goes all the way to the top. Any time anyone who would have purchased or rented content downloads it and then elects not to purchase or rent as a result of obtaining it for free there is a loss which eventually ends up at the distributor.
I'm sure the same people who can afford 50Mbit and a subscription to a premium Usenet service could afford to purchase at least some of the content they download.