I agree that's life, but piracy is also derived from that's life.

And I'm not saying this to spite you, it comes from the same place, so much so there's a whole sub culture around it.

> You can’t assume that every pirate would not be a customer if they couldn’t pirate.

I never said that every pirate wouldn't be a customer, I'm saying the vast majority wouldn't be in the short term.

Of course I can't prove that in the long term, because what I know are anecdotes - but I'm pretty sure people develop nostalgia bonds with IP they pirated.

It would actually be an interesting study.