Thread: 100M The Pirate Bay is blocked
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Old 08-05-2012, 22:46   #353
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Re: The Pirate Bay is blocked (Discuss but do not post detail of how to get round it)
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Originally Posted by Chrysalis View Post
However is it ok to massage figures to get dodgy laws passed, eg. claiming every download is a lost sale, meaning someone on the dole who has downloaded £1000 woth of content in a week would have obviously otherwise brought that £1000 of content out of their dole?
Of course, if this hypothetical unemployed person didn't have the opportunity to get this content for free, and could not afford to buy it, they would have to do without. Therefore, yes, they are "lost" sales.
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