Thoughts on copyright violation, piracy and illegal downloads

I have been engaged in a few discusions lately on these topics and one question keeps rasing its ugly head.



Who is hurt by copyright violation, piracy and illegal downloads?



Many people, mostly the reprobates that run the dishonest download sites, say no one. They are wrong. The artists, musicians and writers are hurt.

Of course, the pirates don't want you to think about that because they are making too much money off their website membership subscriptions and advertising. They don't want y...