  hide menu #37 - restfullwicked (06/21/2013) [-] more to the
point, piracy doesn't cost anyone anything because you can never
prove that it was a lost sale. people that pirate would always
have pirated it. if there was never a chance they would have
ever paid for it it cant be a lost sale. User avatar #364 to #37
- jesusnipple (06/21/2013) [-] Just because they weren't
planning on buying it doesn't mean it wasn't a "lost sale." If
they weren't going to buy it, they would spend $0, if they
pirate it, it's the same price. The difference here is that only
in one of these situations is the item still being taken.
Looking at it as music, they need money to use a studio, the
better ones cost more money. The manager also has to pay the
band, himself, and anyone else who has helped out. Since they
didn't get anything from that sale, their work was worthless for
that person. It hardly does any damage when looked at with just
one person, but if they start noticing more and more people
pirating it, thousands upon thous