SOPA

[Evan_]

The common counter-argument is that by copying, using and reusing such material, you provide publicity to the stolen intellectual property, and it's author. And people start using software ages before they could afford them. When these people grow up, they'll be consumers on the digital market, what they most likely wouldn't become if they wouldn't played trough their childhood with pirated games.

And the distributors shouldn't spend much on commercials - their products spread, and who likes it, buys them. And people pay a lot to see their favorite band on the stage, especially if they saw all their videos on youtube. People who torrented games are now buying it for bucks on Steam.

Also digital piracy is well-spread since at least a decade, and I'm yet to see the foretold regression in those industries.

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