Pirates 'take one in four downloads'

[bbc]

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24055245#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa[/url]

[codenamecueball]

what counts as a download tho eh EH

[Chex]

Can we just shut up about pirates already? They've been around pretty much forever in one form or another and there's no way to get rid of them.

[Ricool06]

[QUOTE]Pirates were prolific consumers of legal digital content, on average spending £26 every three months compared with £16 spent by non-infringers.[/QUOTE]

Does that mean that pirates actually account for more revenue in digital sales than non-pirates do?

[ParkerChace]

Alright, to be plain and short:

[b]ANYTHING[/b] OPENLY DISTRIBUTED ONLINE PAYED FOR OR NOT CAN BE STOLEN OR INFRINGED ACCORDING TO COPYRIGHTS. SHUT THE FUCK UP.

[Mastahamma]

[QUOTE=SuperHoboMan;42155787]Can we just shut up about pirates already? They've been around pretty much forever in one form or another and there's no way to get rid of them.[/QUOTE]

so uhh does that suddenly make it okay somehow?