Answer: the correct answer is (C) When cable TV executives establish cable access fees in order to generate an acceptable level of profit, they do not adequately account for revenue that will be lost through pirated cable use.
Step-by-step explanation:
A- irrelevant to pirating
B- weakens the cycle
C- this must be true, otherwise cycle cannot exist
D- if this were not true, does not indicate that this cycle is inevitable. Companies may still continue to raise prices and some people could still continue to pirate
E- this would suggest that there will always be people who pirate
Conclusion - The use of pirated cable boxes by consumers forces cable companies to raise rates, which, in turn, leads more consumers to purchase pirated cable boxes in order to receive free cable programming.