I also don't consume much, but encourage others to not buy, and if giving a bunch of 1080p rips or FLACs is what it takes to convince them, ...
Why not buy instead of simply pirating? If you don't care about the industry and would prefer in the long run to see it die always, what's the difference?
Pirating still serves as free advertising for the labels, and gets people angry at you.
This is the truly principled stand -- not because of any particular squeamishness about "piracy", but because piracy actually helps the RIAA labels to a significant degree by serving as free advertising.
Because you want the product but don't want to support evil corporations?