Techdirt is a very good showrunner for the notion that you don't have to engage in piracy to recognise that the entertainment industry is absolutely nuts.

They sue the pants off people, they make up laws, they bully governments into abiding by their will .. and get away with it all by citing made-up figures and re-defining copyright law to suit their own interests. For example, 'copyright theft' does not even exist yet this is the phrase used in almost all of the RIAA and MPAA propaganda.

Even if piracy is ultimately illegal, it doesn't give the industry the right to act like playground bullies. Although it's taken some time, some bodies are starting to realize this and act accordingly.

When access to controversial Russian site allofmp3.com was blocked by Swedish ISP "Perspektiv", popular (and also controversial) Bittorrent site The Pirate Bay responded by blocking access to itself from any Perspektiv customers. You wouldn't think Perspektiv would particularly care if their customers were blocked from another illegal P2P site, but since The Pirate Bay hasn't been proven illegal yet and lots of Swedes use it, there were enough complaints to push Perspektiv to stop making up their own rules. Consequently, access to allofmp3.com was restored: score one for the public.

Still, that example was not totally objective as the only fighting parties involved were piracy havens anyway.

What's far more interesting is when artists like Weird Al Yankovic ask the industry to get over it and enjoy the free promotion, or when courts in countries like France tell the industry that actually, no, they can't just stalk a potential downloader whenever they feel like it.