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Which choice best expresses why widespread pirating of goods would be damaging to a market economy?
 
A) The government would lose too much tax revenue.
B) Goods would become too inexpensive to make profits.
C) Consumers would be unwilling to buy goods of uncertain quality.
D) Producers would try to make goods that would be difficult to copy.

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