After decades of extreme propaganda on the subject, most Americans equate piracy to theft, which is obviously untrue. Beyond that, there is a hatred toward pir

After decades of extreme propaganda on the subject, most Americans equate piracy to theft, which is obviously untrue. Beyond that, there is a hatred toward piracy that is arguably worse than that of theft. Fighting this propaganda-fueled nonsense is difficult, because piracy, on the surface, is a choice to not pay rightsholders, which is, on the surface, bad. As soon as one digs beneath the surface, however, it is easy to find many neutral, or even good reasons to "pirate" content. The abuse by rightsholders, organizations, and even government in the name of protecting copyright is bad, and not simply on the surface. It is a deep-rooted, malicious system, and people ought to understand that whatever hatred they have toward piracy, they should have ten fold toward anti-piracy.