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.