> No one can prove or even know what the impact of piracy is on a given work's short-term or long-term revenue Just that is an indication on how little piracy

> No one can prove or even know what the impact of piracy is on a given work's short-term or long-term revenue Just that is an indication on how little piracy affects revenue, the effect is at best so small that it's effectively invisible. > I think there's a reason courts never debate this question, though. Because discussing about the real financial impact of piracy is a sure way to throw a lot of pretty extreme copyright laws out of the window. They really don't want to start this debate. Piracy is just a boogeyman at this point to pass ever stronger IP laws and the large IP conglomerates are pretty aware of that.