HarryT's argument isn't that every illegal download is wrong because it's a lost sale, his argument is effectively that he doesn't want someone getting an unearned benefit.
It's irrelevant to people who support heavy-handed copyright enforcement that that enforcement is ineffectual and costs orders of magnitude more than the "disease"; it's offensive to them on a gut level for someone to receive works they didn't pay for, the arguments they present are merely window dressing.
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