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Others may choose to pirate for moral reasons, such as a boycott against certain corporations. This is effective as the individual does not provide the corporation with any profit while still having access to the content of said corporation. | Others may choose to pirate for moral reasons, such as a boycott against certain corporations. This is effective as the individual does not provide the corporation with any profit while still having access to the content of said corporation. | ||
==Implications of Piracy== | |||
The existence of pirated content also indirectly improves the quality of non-pirated services.<ref> https://www.howtogeek.com/424708/how-piracy-makes-legal-streaming-services-better/ </ref> Since pirated content is usually cheaper compared to the non-pirated content, this creates a somewhat unfair competition between pirated and non-pirated. The non-pirated service has to either innovate and improve in order to stay ahead and retain users or lose popularity. | The existence of pirated content also indirectly improves the quality of non-pirated services.<ref> https://www.howtogeek.com/424708/how-piracy-makes-legal-streaming-services-better/ </ref> Since pirated content is usually cheaper compared to the non-pirated content, this creates a somewhat unfair competition between pirated and non-pirated. The non-pirated service has to either innovate and improve in order to stay ahead and retain users or lose popularity. | ||
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