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Precise scientific analysis of formulations shows fear of threatened privacy.
STOP! This is illegal. You may be monitored and fined.
Privacy threats are just as effective at scaring off illegal downloaders as big fines
We all know that piracy is illegal, but the lure of getting something for nothing is too much to resist for a lot of people. So how do you put them off? A new study has, perhaps unsurprisingly, found that the most explicit warnings also tend to be the most effective.
The most effective anti-piracy warnings are those which are explicit, according to a recent study by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
That is the conclusion of a study from researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas looking at the different types of anti-piracy messaging and which have the most impact with consumers.
The entertainment industry has been attempting to combat piracy since the dawn of the digital age, but it turns out explicit warnings are the most effective.
Researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, conducted a study to find out which piracy warnings are seen as most effective by the general public.
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The research, conducted by neuroscientists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, expands the understanding of the signaling between neurons in epilepsy. Regulating the proteins in the brain that control cell signaling may lead to better therapies for stopping or preventing seizures entirely.
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