Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll
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This is false. "Pay for it" or "Pirate it" are not the only 2 options available.
What are the other options then?
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Not to consume it at all, obviously.
Your measurement for converting potential revenue into loss hinges on those being the only 2 options.
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I have pointed that out as a possibility. Not consuming it at all, though, is not theft precisely because the person isn't consuming it.
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In which case piracy only accounts for lost revenue if and only if the pirate would have 100%, guaranteed, purchased the content if a pirates copy was not available. So your calculation does not work.
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if a pirates copy was not available.
This is exactly why my calculation does work. If a pirated copy was not available, they wouldn't be able to consume the media without paying for it.
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But they also wouldn't have to pay for it. Which is the only way your calculation would work.
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