I try to avoid pirating games, but there are some cases where I'll do it.
These are cases like...
1. If a game is really old and near impossible for me to find without importing or pirating it.
2. It's an arcade version of a game that isn't released for any console that I own. See: Beatmania IIDX17
3. I'm not sure if the game is worth my money, so I want to try it before buying.
So yes, I do pirate games. Through the internet, because fuck me sideways if I'm going to give a person money for pirating things for me. That just makes things worse than pirating it yourself.
I'm neither for nor against piracy, but I am against people trying to justify piracy, and I'll lash out at them for doing so.
Why ? Piracy is wrong, and it will always be wrong. I'm sure you don't want your work to be stolen and used by someone else without your consent either.
This is why I try to avoid piracy as much as I can.
There are exceptions to everything, and when the only way to get a game legally is by importing it, I'll only do that if I really want the game in question, such as the DJMax games, because of Denmark's retardedly high import taxes.
Say, if a game costs 50 USD by default, and it gets 30 USD laid on top of that due to shipping, the game is already quite expensive.
For important anything from outside the borders of Europe, Denmark puts 60% of the price on top of the total price as import tax - so the game will have cost me 128USD in total, and this is why I often pirate games if the only other option is importing them.
This doesn't justify it, but I'm not innocent or a saint either, so oh well.