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2024-02-25 03:57:11 UTC - HELPFUL
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The impact of piracy on media industries like tv, film, gaming, etc. has been repeatedly put into question, as pirates tend to also be the biggest consumers of legal content. https://www.vice.com/en/article/evkmz7/study-again-shows-pirates-tend-to-be-the-biggest-buyers-of-legal-content https://torrentfreak.com/pirates-are-valuable-customers-not-the-enemy-180606/ Piracy is caused by anti-consumer design and inaccessibility, not by unsupportive costumers. https://www.escapistmagazine.com/valves-gabe-newell-says-piracy-is-a-service-problem/
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