A pirate is someone who loots ships, murders men, rapes women, and makes any survivors walk the plank and jump into the shark-infested waters of the deep ocean.
In other words, a pirate is a coldblooded murderer.
Infringing on copyright has absolutely nothing to do with a pirate or piracy, and equating such a harmless and victimless act with such absolute evil is an unjustified attack upon the character of the people in question.