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posted by Dopefish on Friday February 21 2014, @01:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the mpaa-and-riaa-can't-touch-this dept.

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."

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Dopefish on Friday February 21 2014, @05:19PM

    by Dopefish (12) on Friday February 21 2014, @05:19PM (#4425)

    Hi Sir Garlon,

    Thank you for your feedback. I changed the word in the title from "pirate" to "warez", which is a more appropriate word to use in this instance.

    Definition from Wikipedia:

    "Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright"

  • (Score: 2) by Sir Garlon on Friday February 21 2014, @06:14PM

    by Sir Garlon (1264) on Friday February 21 2014, @06:14PM (#4443)

    Much better, thanks. :-)

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Friday February 21 2014, @07:57PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday February 21 2014, @07:57PM (#4504) Journal

    Thank you for your feedback. I changed the word in the title from "pirate" to "warez", which is a more appropriate word to use in this instance.

     
    Not to get offtopic but I actually think we should avoid editing the articles after they have been posted. I am halfway down this page of discussion on whether "Pirate" is an appropriate word and wondering what the hell everyone is talking about.
     
    If edits are absolutely neccessary then maybe add an editor's note.

    • (Score: 1) by Dopefish on Friday February 21 2014, @08:28PM

      by Dopefish (12) on Friday February 21 2014, @08:28PM (#4523)

      Thanks for the feedback. I'll be sure to explicitly call out any changes that occur after a post goes live in the editor notes.