Comment Comment by Kim_Bruning > If it were legal to download movies and music, Netflix and Spotify would absolutely not exist.I question this statement. First two hits:* https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/welter_brennan_s_201212_ma.pd... Adding a movie to Netflix reduces piracy directly* https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/jeborg/v209y2023icp334-347.htm... Removing movies from Netflix increases piracy.There's plenty more where that came from. Netflix actually reduces piracy. Not the other way around. parent Kim_Bruning 1 year ago
I question this statement. First two hits:
* https://getd.libs.uga.edu/pdfs/welter_brennan_s_201212_ma.pd... Adding a movie to Netflix reduces piracy directly
* https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/jeborg/v209y2023icp334-347.htm... Removing movies from Netflix increases piracy.
There's plenty more where that came from. Netflix actually reduces piracy. Not the other way around.