tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post7243756697464256918..comments2024-03-10T10:55:11.119+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: Australian ISP iiNet off the hookMarie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-70722099071332787972011-02-28T03:24:16.406+00:002011-02-28T03:24:16.406+00:00The claimants claim that piracy has cost them a lo...The claimants claim that piracy has cost them a lot of sales (and thus presumably Goods and Services Tax payments). A lot of big retailers also claim that on line shopping is costing them sales and GST payments. <br />As best as I know the actual figures for GST collections have not shown changes that could be attributed to the internet. (I could be wrong on this .) <br /> <br />I stopped teaching ten years ago , but even then getting 25 year old students to read anything at all was a battle and they had little interest in the movies, fair enough - most films are aimed at the 12 year old these days.<br /><br />As best as I know, sales of computer games are going gangbusters.<br /><br /> It is easy to blame market behavior when your product fails to sell.John R walkernoreply@blogger.com