This. As a hillbilly with no access to books growing up, with my education practically stopping at the 4th grade and no stores in sight to purchase books from, I would have never had access to the things I read without piracy.

I half believe that’s why it’s an issue in the first place.

I started my reading adventure at 640x480 on windows 98.

Maybe. I pirate a shit ton of stuff, a lot of it yeah I would never have bought but a lot of it I would, or at least I would've rented. I enjoy crime though

Libraries pay for their books.

If I did not have the money to pay for the books or they are too hard for me to find then no loss would have occurred because purchasing was never happening.

If I did have the money and the books were eaay to find but still pirated then a loss did occur.

Thousands of dollars for your books? Three books hardly counts as a collection.