| kitler53 said: or if we we're to follow your logic then if the governement were to double taxes it wouldn't hurt the economy or you cause it's not like your wage was dimished .. it's just going to the government and still being spend afterall... |
As much as I hate getting taxed and the government wasting money, one could actually very easily argue that money spent by the government is going into the economy and helping the economy just as much as money spent elsewhere.
I know that piracy HAS led to lost sales, but I'm trying to say that a majority of piracy either wouldn't have been sales, or may even lead to additional sales of an item, which offsets at least a large chunk of any lost sales.
I just think the argument saying it is costing the US economy $100 billion is bullshit. Without piracy, our GDP would not be $100 billion higher.
Money can't buy happiness. Just video games, which make me happy.
