> Some piracy is welfare-maximizing for society This is a point that I've often pondered with respect to piracy. From society's point of view, the net gain fro

> Some piracy is welfare-maximizing for society This is a point that I've often pondered with respect to piracy. From society's point of view, the net gain from everyone having access to a digital good (given virtually zero duplication cost) could outweigh the benefit to society from the income being redistributed to the company that charges for duplication of said good?