I don't think anyone is saying piracy is not hurting anyone. To what extent, I would say there is a great deal of disagreement. If a perfect DRM existed (comple

I don't think anyone is saying piracy is not hurting anyone. To what extent, I would say there is a great deal of disagreement. If a perfect DRM existed (completely prevents privacy while leaving paying customers unaffected) everyone would implement it. However, the message is that you shouldn't stoop to making your own product worse or punish paying customers just to combat piracy. For example, if you're selling software and someone wants to buy it, they shouldn't have to jump through hoops to get it and/or use it. On the other hand if someone wants your product and doesn't want to pay for it, there is a significant probability that is a lost sale regardless of DRM efficiency. Just because a ton of people use a pirated version of your software doesn't mean that a ton of people would have bought it if you had better DRM.