&gt; Right, except you don&#x27;t have the right to do that.<p>That&#x27;s true, but since when does that matter? The government doesn&#x27;t have the right to do a bunch of things they do. So what?<p>&gt; Suddenly, smaller markets around the world have their industry gutted by piracy, smaller labels have to shut down, bigger labels have to fire hundreds of less successful artists [...]<p>Similar and worse things happen when you increase the minimum wage. Why should I stop illegally downloading mp3 files by listening to your side&#x27;s argument if you side usually will stop listening when I make the same arguments about increasing the minimum wage?<p>That&#x27;s the beauty of this. By downloading mp3 files I&#x27;m actually getting back at everyone that doesn&#x27;t care to learn economics enough to be against the minimum wage.