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If that is really your top order concern, then when you pirate you should figure out what their cut would be and send them the money directly. But it’s probably safe to assume you do not do that, so this argument is not really in good faith. I know that phrase is thrown around a lot pretty willy-nilly, but I think it’s very applicable here. It also does not make you a bad person for not sending them that money. I don’t do that either. I just don’t think it’s a good argument for that reason.
If you actually did that, then I would think you are more or less honoring the spirit of the law. Yeah, that doesn’t hold up in court, but at least the ethics of it is a little more consistent. Then you get a little bit into a sticking point about other people involved in the process who are being cut out, such as an editor or a VA doing audiobooks. But that’s getting pretty thick in the weeds/doesn’t universally apply so I’m not going to really hammer that point.