The argument against piracy is it reduces the amount of new content that gets produced. If states believe this argument, they should legalise the distribution

The argument against piracy is it reduces the amount of new content that gets produced. If states believe this argument, they should legalise the distribution of child porn where no money changes hands. Alternately, if they don't believe it, they should stop trying to shut down The Pirate Bay and other Torrent sites. They cannot have it both ways, without being hypocrites.