JoshElders comments on Open Thread, October 7 - October 12, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshElders 13 October 2013 04:44:46PM 0 points [-]

Through all of this, the profit margins are going ever downward. Producers want a good expected payoff to cover the risks of detection and criminal prosecution. Market forces should depress production for profit.

Comment author: hyporational 13 October 2013 05:07:45PM *  0 points [-]

Some kind of an economic equilibrium between production and copying would develop. You could look into examples of other pirated media to get an idea how it would settle.