It is. But if they're competing with the free stuff, the solution is to make stuff that's worth more than the free stuff. So much more that people are willing t

It is. But if they're competing with the free stuff, the solution is to make stuff that's worth more than the free stuff. So much more that people are willing to pay the price. They may go out of business if they fail, but if they succeeed, we're all better of because of it. If, on the other hand, they're competing with their own pirated stuff, making it better will only make the problem worse. The way to solve that is to make piracy harder, more dangerous, or useless. If they succeed we may be better off (if they change their business model and the new model gives us better quality), but it seems unlikely. It's more likely that everybody will be worse off whether or not they fail or succeed.