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Not really.
Twice as much as buying the gem before you get caught? Maybe.
Twice as much as buying the discs for years and operating legally? No where near - much much less.
Twice as much as never getting caught? Not at all - much much more.

Considering these persecutions are only occuring in a very few areas that are friendly to lawsuit businesses, and most of the rest of the country is free to do whatever they like, it seems like a very safe gamble to operate as a pirate until getting caught. Twice as much as nothing is nothing.

Four thousand dollars that is not spent on music early on in a new KJ operation can go a long way toward building that business up to a point where the shell-out of eight grand in hush money later won't hurt nearly as much as wasting four grand in the onset. It's a gamble worth taking even in areas that are target focal points of these lawsuits.

If one builds a successful KJ business with free stolen music, getting named, shelling out eight grand, then being declared legit and allowed to boast his legit status to compete with those who have always been legit can actually be a boost to his business and his status in that business.

Being sued by Soundchoice is possibly the second best thing that can happen to a successful pirate.

Considering these persecutions are only occuring in a very few areas that are friendly to lawsuit businesses, and most of the rest of the country is free to do whatever they like, it seems like a very safe gamble to operate as a pirate until getting caught. Twice as much as nothing is nothing.

Four thousand dollars that is not spent on music early on in a new KJ operation can go a long way toward building that business up to a point where the shell-out of eight grand in hush money later won't hurt nearly as much as wasting four grand in the onset. It's a gamble worth taking even in areas that are target focal points of these lawsuits.

If one builds a successful KJ business with free stolen music, getting named, shelling out eight grand, then being declared legit and allowed to boast his legit status to compete with those who have always been legit can actually be a boost to his business and his status in that business.

Being sued by Soundchoice is possibly the second best thing that can happen to a successful pirate.

Not really.
Twice as much as buying the gem before you get caught? Maybe.

If paying $3500 instead of $7500 is a "maybe", you might look into hiring an accountant.

If paying $3500 instead of $7500 is a "maybe", you might look into hiring an accountant.

I don't need an accountant to explain to me the fact that niether the purchase price nor it's relationship to the settlement price has been static. There are variables in existence that tend change the final outcome. To me that's the definition of "maybe".
You might look into a dictionary.

And you might look into buying a calculator. I have seen them for $3.99, $9.99 and $250.00. I am guessing the $250 model is your speed.

Better yet, just steal the calculator. If you dont get caught, you will have saved a lot more money than the guy who buys one. Sure, you may have to pay more if you get caught, but what are the chances?

What? That ONE OLD FBI case, Dan Sterns?
Whoop-di-do!
Pretty stale, when there are literally hundreds, maybe thousands of sellers out there and many of you can easily find them, yet SC can't!
But they certainly have no trouble finding John Doe!