But... you don't own the copyright to the movie. The studio does. You were paid a wage for a job.
You can accuse the pirates of limiting your potential for future earnings, but that is not the same as stealing from you.
You can accuse the pirates of limiting your potential for future earnings, but that is not the same as stealing from you.
If I can't buy something for a price that's worth it to me, I will just watch something else. It doesn't mean I'm going to pay more for it.
You get the same amount of money either way.
But extracting the value of watching something without paying the fee for that service...that's stealing.