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Originally Posted by Kymmy
That premise only works if the people willing to pay the little amount involved with the pirates would have payed for a subscription to begin with.. You'll find that most wouldn't have
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This is often portrayed as a victimless crime because, at the point of use, the fraudster does not deprive the provider or other customers of any revenue or product. But it really isn't that way at all. If that sort of criminality goes unchallenged, it eventually becomes socially acceptable and people who would otherwise pay for the service, or who have previously paid it, start receiving it fraudulently instead. At that stage the service provider does begin to lose revenue and other users face either a reduced quality service, or higher subscriptions, or both, to compensate.