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by ballenf 3004 days ago
For sure. My point was just that it's the calculation that Hollywood studios should be thinking about internally when deciding how much spend on combatting piracy. At some point the expense becomes greater than the benefit. And I doubt they're so naive as to use the 1:1 calculation of each download being exactly equal to a lost ticket sale, except when it comes to press releases.