Legal, piracy is a beneficial public policy. 19th century and 18th America benefit enormously from the piracy of British literature at the expensive of native A

Legal, piracy is a beneficial public policy. 19th century and 18th America benefit enormously from the piracy of British literature at the expensive of native American writers, who does have copyright. Of course, some British authors actually made money from the exchange too. Some authors like Charles Dicken are deeply upset by the fact. Nonetheless, cheaper books help Americans afford more books and learn to read. As for me, I don't feel bad about piracy. I am an anarcho-capitalist, so I don't have much respect for any law that transcend my property right. However, I also noted how piracy hurt my interests tremendously in the long run, no matter how attractive and unrisky it is to pirate. Piracy support monopolists, not entrepreneurs who respect my property rights. As a result, I am gald when people target pirates instead of my business.