I think most people who ethically accept piracy would feel different if there weren't amoral, faceless content corporations between them and the actual creators

I think most people who ethically accept piracy would feel different if there weren't amoral, faceless content corporations between them and the actual creators. It's a convoluted argument to justify piracy as being absolutely wrong when the end result of paying for content is perpetuating a system where someone else decides what you can and can't watch (and then attempts to wring every drop of revenue from you for the privilege).