I agree with this. A friend of mine is an avid pirate and is often the first one to recommend to me some new book/TV show/movie, which in quite a few cases has led to me buying a ticket or a paperback etc. I've also then shared my thoughts about the media I've consumed with others, and they also bought tickets!
In my friend group, one dude downloading Into The Spiderverse led to six of us seeing it in theaters.
This is obviously anecdotal, but it's always seemed to me that piracy is almost free advertising in some cases (though obviously not universally.)
In my friend group, one dude downloading Into The Spiderverse led to six of us seeing it in theaters.
This is obviously anecdotal, but it's always seemed to me that piracy is almost free advertising in some cases (though obviously not universally.)