Originally Posted by Sinthesizer
Originally Posted by Stargazer
Originally Posted by Halcyon
...it's a nuanced issue and the subject of a lot of study. Simply going apeshit when someone talks about piracy is being ignorant of the issues involved, both good and bad.
Three recent articles of some relevance, though looking at the online music industry:

File-Sharing Boosts Creation of New Hit Music, Research Finds
Online Music Piracy Doesn't Hurt Sales, European Commission Finds
File-Sharers Buy 30% More Music Than Non-P2P Peers


Yes piracy can be beneficial to the game industry but that still doesn't justify the act of stealing. Because, even the existence of murderers and rapers CAN BE beneficial to the society IN SOME WAYS (thanks to them policemen can feed their family) but still that doesn't justify the act of murdering or raping.


To be fair, piracy is a victimless crime. I am against it, but it's extremely silly to equate it to stealing, you don't remove anything from anywhere, you make a copy.