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File-sharers are big spenders too

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:16 pm
by Sabre
BBC article.
People who download music illegally also spend an average of £77 a year buying it legitimately, a survey has found.
Those who claimed not to use peer-to-peer filesharing sites such as The Pirate Bay spent a yearly average of just £44.
Reinforces what I have thought for years: Price it appropriately and let people share and you will make more money!

Re: File-sharers are big spenders too

Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:07 pm
by complacent
Sabre wrote:BBC article.
People who download music illegally also spend an average of £77 a year buying it legitimately, a survey has found.
Those who claimed not to use peer-to-peer filesharing sites such as The Pirate Bay spent a yearly average of just £44.
Reinforces what I have thought for years: Price it appropriately and let people share and you will make more money!
QFT... Should be followed with a big DUH! or something like it.