when it comes to whether a given instance of piracy that a hypothetical person considering the act of piracy might commit is an instance of piracy that is harmful to the creator of the content, it entirely depends on the specifics of person committing the piracy. have that hypothetical person think to themselves "would i be willing to pay for this if the only way i could access it was to pay."
if the answer to that question is yes then that specific instance of piracy is harming the creator of the thing being pirated as, if that piracy wasnt an option, the creator would be getting paid for that instance of their work being used, if the answer is no then the instance of piracy doesn't directly lower potential income of the creator as the person who commited piracy wouldnt have paid if they couldnt pirate it.
ah yes, then please do summarize my point in one sentence without losing any detail or context for any of the request information for said point as well as keeping said sentence entirely faithful to the original concept, such that you could read the "summarized sentence" without having known that the comment i posted existed and still have communicated to you the full information.
Well, just to add a point, in the anime industry some of the pirate crowd do it since licensing and legal obligations restrict the access of some shows, notably older ones. This results in literally no supply to receive the product, despite demand. You cannot access it through any legal means since the legal means prevent it from being distributed period. And for the few that aren't tied up in that hassle, pricing does play a factor in it. Would you pay 50 to a 100 bucks for a disc that has maybe at most three episodes at standard quality? That then has to make all the way to you from Japan and hope it doesn't get lost or damaged. Piracy is just simply the easiest option to enjoy content that is simply unavailable, or has too much hassle to be bothered with through the "proper" channels.
if the answer to that question is yes then that specific instance of piracy is harming the creator of the thing being pirated as, if that piracy wasnt an option, the creator would be getting paid for that instance of their work being used, if the answer is no then the instance of piracy doesn't directly lower potential income of the creator as the person who commited piracy wouldnt have paid if they couldnt pirate it.