People in these arguments always post their anecdotal evidence as if it means something. It doesn't. You are one person, and the fact that (according to you, who have a vested interest in believing that way) you bought more anime/manga/video games/music/whatever due to piracy means absolutely jack squat. In the real world market, piracy decreases sales overall. This is readily observable by looking at markets (for instance, software in China) where copyright is not respected at all - legitimate sales collapse completely, and only software that can't be run without legitimate copies (notably MMORPGs) sell in quantity. I'll take the evidence of a billion people over your bookshelf (and China is hardly the only example), and so will anybody who aspires to discuss the topic with intellectual honesty.
(However, I shan't post anymore after this unless a topic is moved/started in Politics, since that's clearly where it's going. ;p)
(However, I shan't post anymore after this unless a topic is moved/started in Politics, since that's clearly where it's going. ;p)