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by i_cannot_hack
5189 days ago
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Yes, the digital sales "GREW almost 20%(!!!)", as you enthusiastically put it. But you behave as if this is somehow extraordinary, and on top of it all automatically[0] assume that this is due to the reduction in piracy. In UK digital sales grew by 27% in 2011 alone, and they have no similar laws.[1] The truth is that the digital sales are increasing drastically all over the world, not just in France. This does not have anything to do with any reduction in piracy, but is due to a wider selection of products and more accessible market. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
[1] http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/music%20sales%20slip%20in%... |
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Actually, we do, primarily under the controversial Digital Economy Act that was pushed through just before the last general election.
The laws aren't widely applied yet in the way that they apparently have been in France, but there has been some fairly high profile threatening going on all the same.
In other words, while I'm certainly not equating the situation in the two countries and the seriousness or otherwise of the threat to pirates right now, it's probably not fair to totally discount the effect of anti-piracy rules in the UK either.