Last week, Minister of the European Parliament, Julia Reda, unearthed a well-hidden 2014 study financed by the European Commission entitled Estimating displacement rates of copyrighted content in the EU [warning: PDF] that studied the effects of copyright infringement on sales. The study cost 360,000 EUR to carry out and although it was ready in 2015, it was only made public last week when Reda was able to get ahold of a copy.
The study's conclusion was that with the exception of recently released blockbusters, there is no evidence to support the idea that online copyright infringement displaces sales. This conclusion is consistent with previous studies, and raises the following question: "Why did the Commission, after having spent a significant amount of money on it, choose not to publish this study for almost two years?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 25 2017, @09:31PM (1 child)
> Further, people are pretty good about admitting previous views were flawed, given proper evidence, unless there is a financial (or other) penalty involved.
Flat-Earthers still exist.
(Score: 3, Funny) by frojack on Monday September 25 2017, @10:02PM
And hold meetings, and drink beer and go out to dinner.
Other clubs wear silly hats and drink beer and go out to dinner and hold meetings.
Still others watch football (any variety) and eat pizza and drink bear and hold flags.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.