When I said bootlegs can and do harm sales it followed on from
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Whilst it may well be that many of those who buy/trade bootlegs already have anything that is official, (and this can probably only be said for illicit recordings and not for offical released CDs)
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I meant that illicit copies of officially released recordings can harm sales. I have no idea of the quantities, but it seems to me that every time someone gets a free copy rather than buying a CD it is a sale lost. Enough of these and it harms sales.
I don't think anyone was getting hotheaded either. As far as I can see every post here has been contained and expressed no anger, merely opinions put in a civilised way .. which surely is the basis of discussion and debate.