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jsz0 on July 14, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: RIAA paid its lawyers more than $16,000,000 in 200...

pirates spend more money on music than non-pirates

Without going into too much incriminating detail I just find that really hard to accept.

krig on July 14, 2010 [–]

There seems to be some studies that indicate that this is the case, even though it is a counter-intuitive finding:

1. http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/01/dutch-government-stu...

2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/21/study-finds-pira...

shasta on July 14, 2010 | [–]

It's only counterintuitive until you think about it. Like "people who receive chemotherapy are more likely to die of cancer than people who don't."

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