I sortof disagree, or at least look from a slightly different perspective. Stealing is always an option for any good. The only reason it's not efficient is A) p

I sortof disagree, or at least look from a slightly different perspective. Stealing is always an option for any good. The only reason it's not efficient is A) people's morality and B) consequences. No matter the price, if the price is high enough and the good desirable enough to overcome B and fear of A, it will happen. So I guess where I differ from you, is that the situation we find ourselves in could have come from media going from being inexpensive to becoming expensive as you suggest, but it also could have come from the increased ease of doing and getting away with piracy, and the general sense of entitlement that people have about it which overcomes the morality hurdle. And if you don't think piracy is stealing, then piracy is just a very efficient action in the information economy, so there's nothing really to call wrong here.