The best selling MP3 album on Amazon for 2008 was a Creative Commons licensed work, and could be downloaded for free, legally, from any number of sources (which are easy to find via Google).
Produce something worthwhile and people will buy it. Lost sales only occur if the person would pay, but doesn't. Does anyone really think that someone who has downloaded $5,000 worth of movies or music would actually pay $5,000 to buy it retail? No.
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Make something worthwhile
Produce something worthwhile and people will buy it. Lost sales only occur if the person would pay, but doesn't. Does anyone really think that someone who has downloaded $5,000 worth of movies or music would actually pay $5,000 to buy it retail? No.
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