Comment by bean469
10 hours ago
> That's total bullshit. Global music revenue fell by 50% because of piracy[1].
The article you linked does not provide any source and / or a methodology for how this was calculated and attributed specifically to piracy
The article is mostly an interview with a journalist who wrote a book about Napster. The claim comes from his book. That's the source. I have not read the book. If you have concerns about the methodology you should read it yourself.
Since the explanation for the claim is essentially pay-walled behind the book, I will just choose to ignore it
"People got used to free shit and stopped paying as much."
"Your claim is poorly supported."
"Well it came from a book. Check it out if you're interested."
"What? It's not free? Hell no I won't pay!"
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It's unfathomably weird of you to frame an article as a source for your claim and then wait for someone to point out that the article does not support your claim before admitting that the source is actually a book that you haven't read.