I used to have a friend who worked with one of the groups that did the pirating, and that was some good times. High quality stuff, as they had a friend in the theatre that let them setup and never get hassled.

As far as the pirating itself goes... personally, I follow what the OP said. If its a good game, or movie, or cd, then I will buy the original version of it down the road. But I refuse to pay for a game or movie or cd, and then not be able to return the thing if I dont like it. Thats retarded. So since the stores wont let me return shitty games and movies and music, I have to take the only other method available to me... pirating and buying the item if I enjoy it.

And Stinky, find a group that does solid good releases, and stick with them. It makes it alot nicer instead of the crapshoot you get when you just grab whatever is available. =)