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by rhino369
4181 days ago
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I don't think it's accurate to say that the vast majority have a fixed entertainment budget. But even assuming it's true, piracy would still hurt individual companies or even entire industries. Industries you can't pirate so easily would see a disproportionate share of the spending. DRM would still be very important. People would pirate the stuff that is easy to pirate, and buy the DRM stuff. |
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This varies some, but most people are locked in for most of their dollars. They may have savings, and can vary that budget some, but there just aren't the billions of dollars out there often cited.
There is a delta from what is being sold now. But it's not multiples. Perhaps additional fractions.
As for the hard to pirate industries, who says?
They must compete with easier, more flexible options. They might actually get less spending than they would otherwise with a more flexible and accessible scheme.
Apple showed this with iTunes and the removal of DRM actually drove more sales. Why? Sharing.