The wealthy studios are least hit, to be blunt. Generally the more wealthy the content creator, the better they adapt. James Patterson doesn't suffer from pirac

The wealthy studios are least hit, to be blunt. Generally the more wealthy the content creator, the better they adapt. James Patterson doesn't suffer from piracy as much as the B or C list author who can't get signed or make back his advance. Blizzard doesn't suffer, it's the small indie PC dev. I think the ebook market is a good example. The big companies can absorb ebook piracy just by raising prices and relying on print sales and a large stable of works to deal with weak sales of easily pirated things. But the small presses and indie authors are starting to dry up because piracy tends to hit them much harder as they have less print options (indie authors never get traditional shelf space) no stable of books to offset risk, and a much smaller window when their book is viable. There's a good argument that creative destruction favors the rich more than the poor, I think.