Comment by gamblor956

I'm not claiming that 1 download = 1 lost sale.

But it's well-documented that piracy negatively affects music, film, and game studio income. See, e.g., https://www.ipi.org/ipi_issues/detail/the-true-cost-of-sound...

Piracy may the opposite effect for software but it definitely has a negative effect on entertainment related IP.