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This article is an example of where piracy has positively benefited a creative work. Previously the debate was that "All piracy is always bad". People are starting to find evidence that piracy can be good. This changes the debate.

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I don't think this changes the debate. It adds another data point to the idea that piracy can give exposure to works that don't have massive amounts of money to spend on PR campaigns; such things that if they weren't heavily pirated, you probably wouldn't know about them. This idea has been around for a long time.

I suppose it's similar to the debate that "pulling out" is a safe contraception method. It works in very few cases.

Coitus interruptus has a failure rate of 15%-28% per year, 4% when used perfectly. In comparison, condoms have a failure rate of 10%-16% (2% when used perfectly).

You were perhaps aiming for a sound-bite, but saying "It works in very few cases" is inaccurate.

I think it made my point quite nicely. Piracy works in a very small percentage of cases. We shouldn't be clinging to this fact and saying that it's an effective way to market and advertise.

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