My ire was directed at those who (like the author of the post I responded to) pirate things just because of minor inconvenience (e.g. not available on Netflix). In the case where there is no way for you to get the content otherwise, we're talking about a very different situation. As far as I can see, if the content provider makes it impossible for you to access the content legally, then it doesn't make much of a difference to them if you pirate it or not. That is one huge disparity between a good which is easily duplicated and something which is not that I'll agree with.