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[Page] 67 [Quote from Patry’s book] Within a given economy, the piracy of domestic goods is a transfer of income, not a loss. Money saved by consumers or businesses on CDs, DVDs, or software will not disappear, but rather be spent on other things – housing, food, or other entertainment, or other business expenses, and so on. These expenditures, in turn will generate tax revenue, new jobs, infrastructural investments, and the range of other goods that are typically in the loss column of industry analyses. [My Comments] 
Using the same logic, if I rob a bank and spend all the money I stole in mom-and-pop stores in my neighbourhood, there is no loss. These expenditures will generate tax revenue, new jobs, infrastructural elements, and the range of other goods… No wonder socialists love redistribution of wealth. One of the slogans of the Russian socialist revolution “Steal the Stolen” was used to justify murders and “expropriation” of property from the rich.
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