These threads are always interesting on HN. I'm not going to pass judgement on folks who think they its ok or not ok to pirate media based on cost or sometimes how difficult it is to obtain "legitimately".
What I do think is interesting is that folks seem to solely place the blame on the large media distributors and seem to place no blame on the content creators. Creators have a huge influence on the industry, from the writers, to directors to the actors etc. Big names in the industry could easily choose to pressure to change things. But they don't, so they are just as much to blame as the distributors themselves.
That’s somewhat different. Individual engineers are more analogous to the crew working on a particular production. They for the most part are not in a position to use their authority to sway the production. Unlike say a famous writer, actor or director would be.
What I do think is interesting is that folks seem to solely place the blame on the large media distributors and seem to place no blame on the content creators. Creators have a huge influence on the industry, from the writers, to directors to the actors etc. Big names in the industry could easily choose to pressure to change things. But they don't, so they are just as much to blame as the distributors themselves.