Yup, except piracy always had a good impact on creators, sure it may hurts the big companies but it's the best way to promote non mainstream artists. If you dow

Yup, except piracy always had a good impact on creators, sure it may hurts the big companies but it's the best way to promote non mainstream artists. If you download an album you weren't going to buy anyway it may incite you to go to a concert you wouldn't even consider before. The same thing can be applied to any pirated content. Look at Game of Thrones, it's one of the most pirated content of all time. It's also one of the most popular and lucrative, book sales have skyrocketed, there is a lot of tie-in products and even HBO subscriptions have gone up. All while, and probably because, the show is so much pirated. Sure piracy is stealing, legally, but it boosts the industry and really never hurts the creator, the only people saying that are big media companies that play victims while making bigger and bigger profits.