No, that's way too deep to be correct. Piracy is just an externality caused by an out-of-date copyright law that doesn't take computers into account.<p>People "steal" the content because they want it, it's easy, and there are no consequences (regardless of what the MPAA would have you believe).<p>It seems to be a big issue right now because there is an industry built around the old copyright system. Eventually, those companies will perish or transmogrify into something useful, and people won't even talk about piracy.