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Warez Sites Generate $227 Million in Ad Revenue

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: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Friday February 21 2014, @05:38PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday February 21 2014, @05:38PM (#4432)

    The use of the word "Citizens" in the name was all it took for me to think probable astroturf: Real political advocacy groups usually are named for what or who they're advocating for, e.g. "Natural Resources Defense Council" or "American Association of Retired Persons" or "American Beef Council". Fake groups often are "Concerned Citizens for ..." with a position that just happens to coincide with some very rich person or organization.

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  • (Score: 2) by similar_name on Friday February 21 2014, @06:57PM

    by similar_name (71) on Friday February 21 2014, @06:57PM (#4460)

    Citizens United comes to mind.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 22 2014, @07:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 22 2014, @07:30AM (#4725)

    That's a good point.