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> You might want to give them your money, they might not want it.

Actually in such case piracy doesn't need any justification, since it doesn't harm anyone. With only two alternatives - either to download content illegally or to not get it at all, content owners get exactly the same: nothing.



The problem is that not everyone agrees with that consequentialist view.


> since it doesn't harm anyone

How did you come this this conclusion?


No "lost potential sale", when the sale wasn't even a realistic possibility?


I can help back this up by an article that details studies that have been done.

http://freakonomics.com/2012/01/12/how-much-do-music-and-mov...




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