The seller of the book has more money than they would have without the pirate. You can argue about morality and the appropriateness of this behavior, and I'd p

The seller of the book has more money than they would have without the pirate. You can argue about morality and the appropriateness of this behavior, and I'd probably agree with you on most points. The world you describe probably isn't the world I would prefer to live in, all things considered. But it's tricky argue that the bookseller is _economically_ worse off than they would have been without the pirate - as you just showed.