I don’t like the frame of “it costs the economy X billion”. Without piracy people would not have bought it. It is not a cost. Maybe “street value” would be a b

I don’t like the frame of “it costs the economy X billion”. Without piracy people would not have bought it. It is not a cost. Maybe “street value” would be a better term? If it was payed for, it would have the value of X billion. But it costs nothing.