Pirates accused of undermining US agriculture

Universal has accused file-sharing networks of lowering farm profits in the United States, reports The Inquirer. In a complaint sent to the US Federal Communications and Communications Commission, it is stated that the development of video piracy contributes to a fall in corn sales.

Universal spokesman Rick Cotton claims that video piracy forces people to watch movies at home. Accordingly, if people do not go to the cinema, they do not eat popcorn. Since they do not eat popcorn, corn prices are falling and farmers are getting poorer.

The Inquirer publication reports that with the same success, Cotton could have said that video piracy deprives the carmakers of profits, to which potential viewers could go to the cinema. According to The Wall Street Journal, corn prices are rising every year. In 2006, corn was sold at $ 2.08 per bushel (about 25 kilograms), this year the cost was already $ 3.83. If there is any connection between corn prices and video piracy, farmers should be only happy with the development of file-sharing networks, claims The Inquirer.

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