Burglars as consumers: Not worth nicking [CDs or DVDs]| The Economist “These sorts of crimes are regarded even by criminals as the preserve of the desperate,” says James Treadwell, a Leicester University criminologist. Burglars are generally drug-addled, unskilled and opportunistic. Yet they are capable of making economic calculations. And their behaviour reveals something about the state of the media business. Hollywood and the record labels believe they can hold off the threat from technology, both legitimate and illegitimate, and maintain the value of their products. Britain’s burglars disagree.
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Burglars as consumers: Not worth nicking [CDs or DVDs]| The Economist

“These sorts of crimes are regarded even by criminals as the preserve of the desperate,” says James Treadwell, a Leicester University criminologist. Burglars are generally drug-addled, unskilled and opportunistic. Yet they are capable of making economic calculations. And their behaviour reveals something about the state of the media business. Hollywood and the record labels believe they can hold off the threat from technology, both legitimate and illegitimate, and maintain the value of their products. Britain’s burglars disagree.

Source: economist.com

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    data shows… cds/tapes/videos/dvds no longer worth the trouble of thieves. is this a surprise? (according to british...
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    BURGLARS APPEAR TO KNOW MORE THAN THE MUSIC MOGELS.
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    HAHAHA. Well. ‘Nuff said.
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