turtleship_2006 t1_jd5f9pp wrote on March 21, 2023 at 11:24 PM

Reply to comment by ScreamSmart in Book publishers with surging profits struggle to prove Internet Archive hurt sales by soboi12345

Also IIRC there was an EU study showing the exact opposite about piracy (that was never fully published or something?) But I don't have a link to that on hand.

ScreamSmart t1_jd6rrsf wrote on March 22, 2023 at 6:30 AM

Yeah there was something about people who pirate remain to be one of the biggest purchasers of that media.