OK, so here goes.
There's a balance to be achieved. Piracy is wrong, but so is restricting legitamite customers. Sayvara: you're conduct in this thread is enough that I do not think I'd ever give you my business, as you have shown absolutely no interest in the rights of your customers, only yourself.
My personal policy is as follows: Games have demos, I play the demo and either buy the full game or forget about it.
Other software isn't so clear cut. Some companies (like Adobe) give anyone a free 30 day trial of the complete product for evaluation. I'll download it, use it for 30 days, and then decide if I want it. If however (I'll use Norton Ghost as an example, because it's the most recent time it happened to me) the demo is somehow restricted from the full version by something other than a use limit or time limit, I cannot assess the quality of the features. I downloaded it, used it, and when I saw how good the full version was, I bought it. (I used to pirate a lot of software, but over the last 2 years when I actually have some disposible income of my own, I've whittled it down to pretty much nothing.)
Music, TV shows, and movies is the least clear cut of all. I bought a Blu-ray/HD-DVD drive for my media PC. Even though I have an HDCP video card, motherboard, drive, cable, and display, PowerDVD reports the cable as being not protected. So I use AnyDVD to decrypt the DRM and play the movies I own. By your argument that's illegal and wrong.
TV: I record all my TV shows and use a WMC extension to automatically cut all the commercials...is that wrong?
Music: Here's the hardest situation for me. I can get a small clip of a song or piece on Amazon or iTunes, but most of the music I listen too can't be judged by 30 seconds of preview, so I download the music, and every time I go to a big box store, or order from Amazon, I buy a CD that I downloaded that I think is worth my money.
What about fair use laws? the US law says that I have a right to make personal copies of software and media for my own use. CDs and DVDs are easy, but the new video formats and games are sometimes exceedingly difficult, which is an infringement of my rights. Don't bring up the EULA as a response, though, as there is plenty of precident of EULAs being overturned for infringing on fair use, and the overall legality of the EULA has long been disputed.
I'll reiterate what others have already said: Piracy is and will continue to be a problem as long as it's easier than legally obtaining and using the product. This includes, but is not limited to, intrusive DRM, unfair EULA restrictions, lack of digital distribution methods, the inability to resell the product due to DRM or other factors.