If it weren't for pirating, I wouldn't have ever found out about half the music on my computer right now. Underground European bands' albums are almost impossible to get in North America, especially metal.
I figure that games are way too much of a pin in the ass to download, because of having to deal with cracks and all that nonsense, but that's just me.
edit:
oh, right, btw, did you guys know that
the RIAA is trying to make ripping cds to your computer for personal use completely illegal?
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15357
yeah