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The damage is calculaded like this, because those who've used the streaming service to watch a movie would have needed to purchase some form of a licence to do so legally. It's not a question of whether they would have had the money or the willing to do so. It's the same like someone would sneak into a cinema and watch a movie. They usually would be required to purchase a ticket to do so. The damage is not a question of whether they would have had the money for that or wouldn't have went to the cinema if purchasing a ticket was necessary.
You basically wrote what I did, but from a different viewpoint.
Your example with the cinema is also a typical apple and oranges example comparing a digital distribution with a physical service. Yes, when you sneak into a cinema the cinema provider is losing revenue because you take a seat someone else might have paid for. So at some point the cinema is full and cannot accommodate any more people that paid which would prompt the provider to check tickets.
There is no such scenario for digital distribution. You are not taking anyone's space. The provider can sell their product infinitely often. You even already pay for the traffic you cause with your internet connection. It is a very different situation but is always equated because online piracy is of course the worst problem ever.
The whole point it that content has been consumed without purchasing a proper licence.
No, the point is that just because you pirated it, it doesn't mean you would have paid for the content if there were no way to pirate it.
From the legal pov that simply does not matter at all.
Yes, you almost got it. Well done. I'll leave you with that.