Is pirating truly affecting a companys sales?

[Jesse]

Of course it hurts sales. You'd be naive not to believe it hurts sales. Most people just want to watch the movie then move on to the next. Sure some of them will buy it if they like it, but most wont.

Look at myself and many others. I never watch TV on a television anymore. What good are the ads doing on commercials now? Sure they have ad-spots for products in the shows but that's a lot of money worth of ads being missed in commercials.

Music. I have a ton of music I like, but I cannot even remember the last time I bought a CD.

Scripts, apps, designs and movies I buy though. Cannot ruin the experience watching a downloaded movie.

IMHO, pirating movies, software, tv shows, music and games are a form of free advertising for these companies. Nothing will spread faster than the latest pirated movie. If people like it, they will buy it.

umm i think it wont coz there are firms and other companies that buys apps....

and movies.... true fans always watch it in theatre

These are just examples of a cop-out to help you sleep at night.

If people like it they will buy it
- in most cases, they will not
true fans always watch it in theater
- how many of the millions will not though?

Pirating scripts, templates and ebooks are a different story, because people are not likely to actually buy these after they have got them freely.

very true