It takes away from the people who design, manufacture and sell Range Rover vehicles.
To turn that analogy on its head -- identity theft is also not 'stealing'. I haven't taken anything away from the original holder of that identity, as they are decidedly still who they are. That doesn't make it victimless, and it certainly doesn't make it right.
Copying a movie you'd truly never pay for doesn't hurt. Reselling your copy does.
Making a copy uses resources and work. Copying a Land Rover would cost you more than buying a new one. Mass production and distribution lowers the price enough you can buy it cheaper than you can make it.
Studios should be thinking the same way, realizing that people will pay for convenience. To get paid more, make it more convenient. Just look through these comments to see how much "piracy" is actually about convenience.
The $100 a month figure I threw out was what I thought it might cost me to buy assorted 'hot media' on the market and resell it at a small margin.
I also didn't imply that your pirated media was of poor quality, but since you so proudly brought it up, looking over a single torrent site shows a broad range of quality options for a given download, which fits with my earlier snide comment.
As for your remarks about Netflix/iTunes and Linux, I consider that a feeble response. I can't buy a Ford transmission that fits my Jeep Wrangler, but that doesn't entitle me to steal cars, even if Ford makes a better transmission that fits more vehicles. And before we get into the whole "can't pirate a transmission" rhetoric, let's get out of the way that there are iTunes-like services and Netflix-like services for Linux. They exist. Sure, they aren't the exact same thing, but I honestly suspect that their non-existence is just another strawman excuse to justify pirating whatever you want without having to consider that it might actually be a harmful thing -- or you're too caught up feeling entitled to care that your cop outs are just that.
Also, these things never go anywhere. I'll just go ahead and apologize now for hitting the reply button, because I know I'm going to, but I will not respond to this. If you want to pirate things, go ahead. But I frankly am not interested in hearing how you've justified how great and open and free it is. Either you're willing to pay for the things you consume or you aren't. By my opinion, if you aren't, you aren't entitled to consume them. That's my opinion. You're welcome to yours.