> First of all, piracy is not morally wrong, the morals of it are ambiguous, just like everything else.
Not really. The content owners stated that there are certain legal restrictions on their content. If you violate it, then you are expressly violating the owner's will and the law. I have yet to find a moral system that's OK with this outside of "the ends justify the means".
It depends on where you think ownership comes from.
If you use the Lockean concept where use is applied to create ownership, piracy is fine. Put into an analogy, it's like this: you plant an apple tree. You do not eat the apples from this tree, and they fall to the ground in a public space. Walking over, I pick up and eat one of the apples. I have not diminished your utility from the tree as the apple would have spoiled.
Did I steal from you? It was originally your use that planted the tree, but you don't currently use all of the apples. You are deprived of nothing, and I am momentarily enriched by the consumption. How is that wrong?
Not really. The content owners stated that there are certain legal restrictions on their content. If you violate it, then you are expressly violating the owner's will and the law. I have yet to find a moral system that's OK with this outside of "the ends justify the means".