In this paper from the British journal, Sociology, I explore whether it is rally useful to look at the downloaded of copyrighted good such as film and music as subcultral or opositional as some researchers have done. Instead I argue that piracy is much more routine, common and everyday. Abstract Image via Wikipedia Social science, policy and popular discourse around counterfeiting regularly position consumers of counterfeit goods as part of a technological elite or motivated by anti- capitalist or anti-corporate positions. In order to explore this construction and highlight its associated limitations, this paper presents quantitative data collected through...