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I agree that it's silly to argue that piracy is morally right just to justify doing it, but I don't feel terrible about doing it either. I see lots of people say that they pirate stuff to see what it's like, and buy it if they think it's a worthwhile purchase. There are lots of people who just wouldn't be buying something at all, but actually end up buying it after trying it out. Obviously, anecdotes like that aren't any sort of justification for piracy in general, but there's a definite trend there.

Some people would pirate a cracked DRM game if it's a better experience than paying for DRM that punishes paying customers and doesn't affect pirates. I never pirate games actually, but THAT is the one example where I couldn't possibly feel bad about pirating in any way.

I don't believe that piracy can ever be considered morally right, but neither can it can take the majority of the blame for damaging an industry that fails to adapt to the internet and lobbies to create legislation which restricts people's freedom online instead. Pragmatically, I just don't care about piracy.