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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Another mystery to me is the argument that the pirates also buy more books than the average person.
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That's not a pro piracy argument - it was a statement against the "all pirates never pay for anything".
No one said that buying lots of stuff gives you a right to get everything else for free.
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A third defense is that you wouldn't have paid for the book anyway, but rather gone without. This is like the turnstile jumper saying he would have otherwise walked to where he was going. Quite possible, even probable. So what?
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That was not "pro piracy, either" but "contra billions of cash are lost and if piracy was stopped for good, the cash will 'magically' appear in the pockets of the industry even though people will not have more money to spend than they now have".