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Study tries to find out if piracy has a larger effect in foreign box office returns the longer the length of time between the domestic and foreign release. Answer: Yes.

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Given the finding that piracy demonstrably affects foreign returns, and that the researchers found no correlation to domestic returns, I think the article headline and interpretation is inaccurate. Not finding evidence is not the same as finding there's no effect, particularly when you've just found evidence of a related effect.

I think part of the reason for the title is that the study suggests that piracy is a symptom, not a cause. They are saying if the studios were releasing worldwide at the same time, that piracy would be largely nullified (at least my read of it)

For the record, a large portion of big box office films leaded as camera recordings are recorded in foreign theaters. CAM or TELESYNC releases tend to originate in Russia, China, or other eastern european nations and have their English/Dutch dubbing added from an audio recording made stateside.

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