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by vibrunazo 5040 days ago
You're confusing revenue with profits. There is certainly one revenue stream current media could be exploiting but are ignoring. If they could turn profit from it, after subtracting their costs, is another question. But they're not even trying.

You cannot make sure it would be much less money. What we can be sure is that A) megaupload and others are/were making tons of money that old media wish they were doing instead. And that B) the old media's current business model is decaying, flawed and doomed from existence. They would switch because or else they'll disappear.