Fluffeh writes:
"The Digital Citizens Alliance has posted a new report estimating that the 'top warez/pirate sites' generate $227 million dollars in ad revenue each year in which a portion of the cash comes from businesses such as Amazon, McDonalds and Xfinity.
TorrentFreak has an interesting write-up on the report going through the numbers nicely and breaking it down. Based on an estimate of the operating costs, torrent sites are also believed to be the most profitable, with profit margins up to 94.1%. It has to be noted, however, that ad revenue is often the only source of income for torrent sites, where direct download hubs and streaming sites have secondary revenue streams through subscriptions and affiliate deals."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by muthauzem on Friday February 21 2014, @04:52PM
Maybe that's exactly what the "anti-piracy crew" wan't.
It starts with a clear definition, the term begins to be abused and soon enough, everything that competes with their business is considered piracy and must be blocked.
The same way as the term "terrorist" for the government...