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You're assuming that the licensing costs somehow go to paying everyone that was involved in the production of the anime in the first place. This is an incorrect assumption. If an anime is licensed in north america, no one (or almost no one, in some cases) involved in the actual production of that anime is getting paid for it. It's not like the voice actors are getting royalties or the artists and technicians are suddenly finding a check in their mailboxes after a licensing deal has been signed.
And since the revenue of licensing the show abroad isn't usually factored into the financial planning of producing an anime (and thus, the paychecks of those people) (due to many reasons, amongst which is the delayed nature of such licensing), your argument comes up short. If it's any consolation, your error was not one made by fault in judgement, but rather a common misunderstanding of the matter upon which you laid your claims.