There have been studies done on the impact of pirated materials (i.e. music, books, bags, watches, etc. ,and yes this included counterfeited items) on various industries, which showed very little impact on market share and earnings of companies examined. Basically, illustrating that people of means ($$$) and real product interest will buy the products they want. Sure there are a few losers out there who will try to obtain something for nothing, but the real consumer of that product will pay for it.
This can be debated to the cows come home.
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