Threatening messages aimed to prevent digital piracy have the opposite effect if you're a man, a new study from the University of Portsmouth has found. According to the research, women tend to respond positively to this kind of messaging, but men typically increase their piracy behaviors by 18%.
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If your business model needs undercover advocates to fake grassroots legitimacy you may have a problem.

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Whos going to tell them?

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Bankruptcy court?

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I think bribing politicians to make it illegal to own anything is more likely.

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But stealing is not owning so QED

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