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This article is an attempt to show an impact of copy culture on the economic dimension of the market exchange of information goods. Copy culture is an important social aspect, which is reflected in the activities of Internet users. The scale of this phenomenon does not allow to ignore it, especially in the context of economic profitability of the copyright holders.The article espouses the hypothesis that unauthorized copying over the Internet is characterized by a high degree of social acceptance. The purpose of this article is to show the legitimacy of such a hypothesis by the retrospective analysis of copying practices and considerations of contemporary examples.