Comment by Anamon

Copyright infringement is not theft -- false comparison.

Also, have you considered how likely the people who are trying to get around your payment would be to pay up if they didn't find a way? If what you say about how long they try is true, I'd say the chance is extremely close to 0%.

That's the dirty secret of the anti-piracy campaigns of rightsholders. The "lost sales" narrative is a load of made-up horseradish, and they know it.