For all those who believe the Copyright Industries' teary-eyed complaints of the multitudes of losses they sustain from piracy... a snippet from a Geek.com article which is summarizing a much more in-depth
Techdirt article:

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If you were to listen to leaders of the copyright-focused industries, you’d think that they were on the verge of collapse. The rationale for the (temporarily-shelved) SOPA and PIPA was that Hollywood and the recording industry are being financially steamrolled by piracy. They routinely make claims of billions of dollars in losses, and they’re rarely questioned. We all know that piracy is rampant, and since piracy means free content, it must be hurting these industries… right? Not necessarily. New data uncovered by Techdirt shows that the copyright industries are doing booming business. Here are some of the most eye-popping figures: The value of the recording industry jumped from $132 billion in 2005 to $168 billion in 2010 Recording artists’ share of music revenue jumped 16% to $16.7 billion Worldwide box office revenue grew from $25.5 billion in 2006 to $31.8 billion in 2010 Book publishing revenues grew from $26.5 billion in 2008 to $28 billion in 2010 Entertainment spending as a fraction of income rose by 15% from 2000 to 2008 Employment in the entertainment industry rose 20% during the same period The overall entertainment industry grew by 66% from 1998 to 2010 Worldwide video game industry rose from $20 billion in 2000 to nearly $80 billion in 2012