Article: Swiss Government Declares Downloading for Personal Use Legal
Re: Article: Swiss Government Declares Downloading for Personal Use Legal
I want to say, isn't all that obvious? But I guess it's a big deal that an official government statement declares these commonly known truths.
Though, the study probably focused on adults with disposable incomes. Basically, anyone that can afford your media and find it worth the price will throw a dime your way, completely independent of their downloading habits. Most piracy (in terms of bandwidth) is probably committed by U-18's who have no means of making purchases other than parental siphoning. So on the whole it might seem like piracy doesn't contribute to much income. The demographic is what the industries need to keep in mind, I'm shocked that some of them manage to stay in business.