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Anyway, a 3-month data set is much too focused a sample to make generalizations like that."
The argument that it's ok to steal digital content you never intended to obtain legally is insubstantial, and here's why: The fact that you would go through the trouble of stealing it means that it has some value to you; so you are stealing that amount from the owner at least. Perhaps you truly would never have purchased the content - what about a more value-minded alternative? Piracy causes lost business somewhere.
In the end, the only justification that pirates can rely on is that they simply don't care that their actions hurt others. What innovative, risky projects has the world missed out on that would otherwise have been undertaken in the absence of piracy?"
