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Imagine that, cutting off a huge source of pirated movies actually boosted digital movie revenue a little bit. Either that, or it was a coincidence.
A new paper suggests that revenues from digital movie sales and rentals were positively impacted after the shutdown of Megaupload. Researchers from Wellesley College and Carnegie Mellon University compared the income from 12 countries with varying Megaupload usage. They conclude that the shutdown caused a 6-10% increase in digital movie revenues for two major Hollywood studios.