Just because it only costs $0.00 to make a copy, doesn't mean that's what it costs to make the product. And just because people talk about lost sales doesn't m

Just because it only costs $0.00 to make a copy, doesn't mean that's what it costs to make the product. And just because people talk about lost sales doesn't mean they assume every stolen copy is $.99 out of their pocket. It means that some people who take copies would buy them if they couldn't pirate them. Whether one wants to justify piracy by saying they wouldn't pay for the product anyway, or they end up buying a lot of products they pirate first, or they help "spread the word" to others who pay, at the end of the day they're all self-serving justifications for engaging in an involuntary exchange of disparate value with the creator.