Unlike stealing a car, copying a song doesn’t necessarily inflict a tangible loss on another. Estimating that loss requires counterfactual assumptions about what the world would have been like if the piracy had never happened — and, no surprise, those most affected tend to assume the worst.
YOU WOULDN’T DOWNLOAD A PIZZA
I WOULD ABSOLUTELY DOWNLOAD A PIZZA IF I COULD! WHY HASN’T THIS BEEN INVENTED YET?!?