No. The publisher was willing to sell X for $Y. You took X + Z for $Y. I get that you feel entitled to it, and I've certainly pirated stuff for convenience or

No. The publisher was willing to sell X for $Y. You took X + Z for $Y. I get that you feel entitled to it, and I've certainly pirated stuff for convenience or financial reasons (as a starving college student, there was a lot of $500 - $5000 software that I really needed). But it's disingenuous to play the victim when you're the one not honoring a seller's right to set the terms of sale. Pirate away, by all means, but spare us the nobility.