[kroltan]

Piracy does not even inherently inhibit the creators from getting their monetary compensation.

Nowadays, I pirate games I paid for, so I don't have to run invasive and performance-degrading DRM software that makes assumptions about current computers that might not hold in the future.

It's about convenience and archival, and the creator's compensation.

Philosophically, it's also about protesting about the nature of private property and how in many cases nowadays, a "purchase" is in fact more akin to a lease.