Правительство США признало, что "пиратство" - это страшилка

None of this is to say that piracy and counterfeiting aren’t real problems. The GAO accepts that the problem is “sizeable,” but it also points out just how much bad data is used to produce these studies. Actual dollar figures and job loss numbers should be handled with extreme care and a good bit of skepticism; the GAO also noted that numerous experts told it that “there were positive effects [from piracy on the economy] and they should be assessed as well.

via arstechnica.com

И что оно, конечно, есть, только, во-первых, никто его толком не измерил, а во-вторых, у него есть и позитивные результаты.