This sort of mentality is exactly how the entertainment cartels want you to think.. the MPAA has reported record box office receipts in recent years, but claims their profits are being eaten away by "piracy". They also claim that it hurts the salaries and wages of their employees, which again is nonsense. It only affects a small portion of their PROFIT margin, ie the money that goes into the exec's pockets. It's mostly spin doctoring by the entertainment cartels to either scare people into compliance (BayTSP) or make them feel guilty about it. The RIAA uses the same scapegoat into making people think that they're "stealing", when the companies have not been deprived of any property-so again, this is nonsense. It has more to do with shoddy product and overpricing than infringement for its own sake. This is something that is hotly debated these days, so I don't expect you to agree. One thing I think eveyone can agree upon is that copyright law needs drastic reform if anyone outside of the MPAA and their lawyer cronies is going to care about it anymore.