RIETI (research institute of economy, trade & industry) Japanese govt. research
has found that piracy has increased sales of anime and did not affect rentals
http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/publicatio.../11010021.html
^^^ pirating anime is likely more widely done than Chinese movies and it has actually increased sales which means people who download do buy
again to assume 80% of the world pirates movies instead of buys (and doesnt buy even after pirating) is absolutely retarded.. im sorry... i really am, im just going to end it here
edit: okay i said ill end it but just another point to add... video games consoles, Wii/Xbox have been hacked for years... yet Nintendo makes an unbelievable killing in the games market and so does Xbox; if Developers felt they were losing their money on these consoles due to downloaders they wouldn't make games for them and only make them for Playstation (which until very recently wasn't hacked and even now has barely taken off)
MAL sucks cuz they don't know how to do business and they're in a dying Format industry; plain and simple