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Indigo ...
I'm not saying that the total amount of pirated material is the total amount of lost sales ...
But even if you figure only one percent of those pirates would have purchased material but didn't because they got it for free ... you're still talking serious amounts of lost sales ...
I estimate one amateur --- who's particularly popular with pirates --- is losing anywhere between $4,000 and $40,000 a month ...
I base that upon the fact that 20,000 people viewed pirate posts for downloads of her movies just in the past month ....
Views that were listed on just two pirate boards, and that's a small conservative sample --- I'm not counting other boards where she's pirated a ALOT MORE than that ...
Since she charges $20 a month membership ... a one percent conversion would bring in another $4,000 a month ... although the pirates are so fanatical about her, I wouldn't be surprized if the conversion rate could be as high as 10 percent or $40,000 ...
Maybe some joined her site anyway ... but the pirates were literally getting all of her movies for free ...
Hence the basis for my estimate...
[This message has been edited by erotictrance (edited 11-19-2001).]
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