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Originally Posted by woj
one minor difference here is that profit for most magazines come from ads, not from $20/year that they charge the customers... the $20/year probably barely covers the printing/distribution costs... it doesn't exactly make it right to distribute them for free online, but comparison to tube sites is a bit off....
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and ads are sold based on distribution.
Distribution is based on the number of magasines sold.
If people stop buying the mags cause they can get them for free on the web, the distribution goes down, thus their ad revenue goes down.
Same affect as on our industry... everyone loses money.