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While I don't agree with most forms of piracy (I rarely if ever do so), I think most industries probably recoup costs associated with piracy in various ways. For example, you pay a tax on blank media like cd's and dvd's up here in canada because our version of the RIAA convinced the governemtn that they should get some money for potential piracy...