Tax fraud is against the state, those funds that go towards the foundational things required by our society, such as electricity, drinking water, and access to other services.

Everyone is a victim.

So when you deprive government of funds everyone is a victim, but when you deprive a publisher of funds no one is a victim?

That's a false equivalence, and not the implication of my statement.

If you want to read something into it, nothing mentioned in this thread is victimless.

Embezzlement hurts the other employees of a company, tax fraud hurts the citizens of a nation, and piracy seems to hurt... A small group. (In fact, large companies seem to benefit from piracy in studies. Small companies can be forced to fold. Take it as you will.)