Any claim that copyright infringement does not hurt copyright holders is dishonest, and people who make dishonest claims should not be admitted into serious discussions.

I'm responding to gitarr here, not the link itself.

That is quite a blanket statement there, javert. Claims that are well researched with evidence to back them SHOULD be included in the conversation, why not?

So, you assert that any argument against you is inadmissable in the debate. So you're trying to argue that you yourself win this debate no matter what. That really isn't how this works.