kljpmsd opened this issue on Mar 09, 2015 · 254 posts
wolf359 posted Wed, 18 March 2015 at 11:23 AM
"Your business model is not the same as mine or PhilC's. PhilC, myself, Sixus1 and others have generated revenue to support one or (many) more people doing this professionally, and have done so for many years now. Other content professionals do the same.
Our creation of content is exactly the same as R&D in any market. We acquire tools, and there is a cost of production. There are often, but not always, salaries and taxes paid, and these are no more subjective than a company estimating salaries (if you take it seriously). ......"
Lovely..Bloody Good for You.
As I stated earlier, these Hyperbolic claims of "Millions lost to Piracy",even in your business model, are subject to endlessly debable semantics
"There are often, but not always, salaries and taxes paid,"
But Alas,under the current western Economic system our "losses" to "piracy" are not Claimable to any insurance underwriter or IRS tax Deduction.
(as in the hypothetical Case of the hijacked shipping container
of Apple ipads would be)
That IMHO makes such Dollar amount Claims Illusory at best.
Best wishes