The fact is that lawbreaking is a very entrenched custom in the United States. Oklahoma is named the Sooner State because it was inhabited largely by people who emigrated before it was legally permissible. Of course we know about Indian lands illegally usurped when written agreements with the US government were violated. You may have heard of Prohibition, which was abandoned because so many people openly violated the US Constitution. More recently, have you checked typical speeds on freeways? I would say some people are going above the limits.

So, violating laws that are seen as inconvenient or just plain wrong, or evading prices that are just too high is completely consistent with American character. Oh, have you noticed anyone dealing with Amazon because it allows them to evade state taxes? Another example.

Piracy is completely within the system, it is a known quantity, and some software developers depend on it. Any company that doesn't consider it a fact of life is just delusional. Companies tolerate piracy to a certain extent and adopt strategies to wean customers away from their pirated copies. Companies do not "just say no" to piracy. They deal with it, fight it, try to overcome it, but they know that some aspects of piracy are good for them and they try to take advantage of those aspects.