Without piracy, the economy would be in the doldrums. Though that’s not quite the gist of Andrian Johns’ Piracy:
http://www.adrianjohns.com/piracy/
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/05/adrian-johns-i-piracy-i-essential-history-lessons
That said, today we have youtube.com where everyone can participate in
copyright violation,
just another term for piracy at the click of a button.
