I don't understand the irony. I've already said I don't care about piracy in itself and that I am a huge pirate myself.
Don't be a pirate. If you have to be, be an unauthorized copier.
In the meantime, think about whether you want to use carrot strategies or stick strategies.
I think that ship has sailed.
If you want to equate murder, rape and plundering from and often enslaving strangers with the concept of unauthorized copying, then that's your prerogative. I won't judge, but I'll still call it either unauthorized copying or just sharing.
I certainly don't equate those things. But words have different meanings in different contexts.
One of my favourite games from way back when was Sid Meier's Pirates!, so I might be coloured by that. And yes, it was pirated.
If you name copyright violation as piracy