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by czr 2670 days ago
Likewise. The primary limit on media consumption is, of course, time available to consume it, and piracy doesn't change that.

I think the one interesting place is w.r.t textbooks. Piracy means that I can efficiently pull up multiple textbooks on any given subject, as well as textbooks on any pre-requisite subjects. The size and cost of most textbooks would make that untenable otherwise.