The creators of the content are only one part of the equation. There are also the funders and distributors of content, and the consumers of content, all of whom have an ethical stake in this. The DMCA is a prime example of something created through lobbying by the funders and distributors that harms the consumers. In the unfortunate landscape surrounding intellectual property that we live in, I think it is far more delusional to believe that pirating is unethical. I would far rather live in a world where that wasn’t the case, this just doesn’t happen to be one.