Sorry bazzar, but I don't believe that is necessarily true. Illegal offerings tend to lower the moral threshold for someone who still might have bought the product legally if there had been no illegal alternative. After all, why spent your money when you can get it for free with (almost) zero chance of getting caught? The true issue regarding piracy and illegal downloading is thus a moral one. Many people even believe they have the right to download illegaly, so you can see how far our society has derailed regarding basic morals and values.
We live in a market which is governed by supply and demand. If I want a product that someone offers me bad enough, it is worth the asking price to me and I am apparently prepared to pay that price. But if I'm not willing to pay the asking price, that doesn't mean I am then allowed to just take it for free. Because that's just plain greed: "Me want!".The same holds true regarding the question of the OP: if you think the asking price is too high, you can either wait and hope it will be on a sale, or simply say "Sorry, this product is not for me" and move on.
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