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title: "Freakonomics on Music and Video Piracy"
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published_at: "2012-01-16T17:45:54+00:00"
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url: "https://ismay.ca/2012/01/freakonomics-on-music-and-video-piracy/"
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excerpt: "The main point is that most statistics on jobs or dollars lost to piracy are completely made up: http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/01/12/how-much-do-music-and-movie-piracy-really-hurt-the-u-s-economy/ I still think media companies should instead focus on making it easy and cheap to get the media people want onto..."
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The main point is that most statistics on jobs or dollars lost to piracy are completely made up:

[http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/01/12/how-much-do-music-and-movie-piracy-really-hurt-the-u-s-economy/](http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/01/12/how-much-do-music-and-movie-piracy-really-hurt-the-u-s-economy/)

I still think media companies should instead focus on making it [easy and cheap to get the media people want](http://www.ismay.ca/2011/12/making-it-easier-prevent-piracy-too/)
 onto the devices people use. Apple’s iTunes comes close, but it’s still hard to use if your music player doesn’t support Apple’s proprietary music format. By hard, I mean that I can do it, but I have to change the default settings and provide instruction on how to make it all work for my wife and kids for each individual player.