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Originally Posted by epitome
Any site that closes can blame it on piracy because it is an easy scapegoat. What if they were bad money managers? What if they didn't invest in the latest technology? What if...
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Originally Posted by DamianJ
Jesus.
He is saying people like to blame piracy for their problems, when in all honesty, their problems stem from a shit site, a shit tour, shit content and laziness.
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Agreed. "Piracy" is just something fabricated so people can have something to blame.
I don't know a single person/company actually harmed by it in any way. I'm sure everyone just had a bad run of business luck and/or should have updated their sites more. In fact, everyone I know is making money like it's 1999 again. Only slackers are losing money these days.
One show of the success of the current state of the industry will be at the AVN and INTERNEXT shows next month. Compare them with one about 7 or 8 years ago and you'll clearly see that everyone who isn't there now, and all the shrunken booths and displays, are a direct result of poor business and old tours.