if unreleased songs or videos are leaked and shared across the internet, even if on private parts of mj fan forums, that does devalue them. It is damaging. If fans (or anybody else) hears them for free months or years before an official release then they are less likely to buy them. If an album of previously leaked mj tracks was released, or if a dvd/bluray of leaked video was released and you had 'owned' all of them in your playlist for years would you really buy the album/dvd? How many people do you think would do that in that scenario? I suggest that fewer people would buy the album/dvd than if they hadn't already listened to the songs or hadn't already watched the videos many, many times before.
I can't take you seriously if you believe exactly the same number of people would buy the dvd/album regardless of whether the material had already leaked or not.
Therefore financial damage is caused by those leaks.
Piracy reduces the mj estate's potential income stream. Of course it does. It's a fact. It's why record companies and artists (including mj himself!) object to piracy so much! Arguing against that is just silly imo.
Whether you agree with the estate's projects or not, whether you think they're disrespectful or not, it doesn't change what i said above.
I've said all i can say on this subject now and will end up repeating myself again so no more arguing from me unless i have something new to add.
