[closetCS]

I'm not quite sure about this, but aren't the products you have mentioned also have the same problem as Netflix. Spotify is able to provide lots of music options, but for how long? They are being effectively strangled by music labels and competitors, which will eventually lead to a content fragmentation between music streaming services. Then people will turn back to pirating music just as fast and they have for video. I'm not sure about steam , but I'm sure that eventually the gaming industry will face the same problem, it's only a matter of time.

[lovich]

Yes, if their products value F(steam) < F(free) then of course people will pirate. Why would you expect consumers to pay for a product that is inferior to something that was left untouched? Why should a firm exist when they supply negative value to their consumers? It would be the same situation as it was 10 years ago in the heyday of pirating and companies should expect to lose out on income, in this case the music labels

If this was a natural state of affairs there might be considerations about morals, but the current rules and laws came about through direct intervention by these same companies