And without the so-called piracy, you would never have discovered or gotten into it to begin with.
Most notably Wicked. I illegally downloaded ‘Defying Gravity’ and loved it so much, I legally bought the entire soundtrack, the novel, Wicked: The Grimmerie, a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hit Broadway Musical and saw the show three times (twice in Melbourne and once in Adelaide), where I bought a program, 2 T-shirts, a pin, 2 magnets, a hoodie and a snow-globe.
I think that’s what you call a NET-PROFIT.