I’m pirate shit too, and support this decision. One can pirate shit and still realize most people pirating shit are just people stealing.
No, they’re violating copyright law.
Piracy creates a copy, it does not remove the original like theft does. Also, people have a variety of reasons to pirate. Content not available in their country, wanting to test something before buying it, already having the thing in some form,but piracy being easier…
One can steal Intellectual Property, so physicality of something isn’t exactly a real argument.