> So the obvious retort is that you may not have bothered to purchase the author's work, forgoing your opportunity to read it, thus the author did not lose thei

> So the obvious retort is that you may not have bothered to purchase the author's work, forgoing your opportunity to read it, thus the author did not lose their sale. I can't speak for all pirates, but I will pirate things I want to sample and then often buy it if it's what I was looking for. At least with books. I haven't bought music in 20 years.