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I have an unlimited card for the cinema, Netflix on PC and smartphone and use Lovefilm for hiring DVDs and games so I think I give plenty to the industry.
If I download something via bittorrent its something I cannot get by a "paid-for" means. Like everyone else has said, a download is NOT a lost sale, more like a potential sale.
Here in the UK Virgin media has just blocked access to the pirate bay, I never used pirate bay much anyway but still hate the fact its been blocked, once ISPs start blocking sites its a slippery slope.
an example of the usefulness of bittorrent for entirely legal purposes
I frequently find myself in an unpopular position in the entertainment industry: I believe in network neutrality, I don't believe that piracy is the end of the world as we know it (I particularly don't believe that a download or file shared automatically equals a lost sale*) and I don't believe ...
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