The rationalization only works on goods that meet the criterion I just described.

Then it doesn't work for pirated movies, which has distribution costs associated.

You'll need to add yet another caveat to your original claim to make it work.

Once again, I was speaking of digital content. The "distribution cost" of a 600-4000MB file is effectively nil.

Netflix seems to spend a fortune in encoding and distributing this type of content. I think that distribution may not always be as simple of a problem and should not be marginalised as such. Especially if you consider the numbers in terms of demand and quality expectations for such services.

Literal thousands of people are distributing various content, for free, right now. Out of sheer altruism most of the time - they get nothing back after their initial download. Pick your favorite torrent site.

The fact that the business landscape wouldn't tolerate this as a legitimate method is a failure of ego and imagination, not something inherent to the system.

You did it in the least effective way possible. Once I pay for a car and my food, I never pay for it again if I don't want to. In fact, I've never paid for my food more than once.

If you have a point, you need to find a better way of making it.