Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them]

While piracy isn’t stealing, piracy does decrease profits of the rightful owner.

Only if you would otherwise have bought it. If you never had any intention to buy the thing, the rightful owner loses nothing.

His motivations are beyond our understanding

We did call those things AI back when they were being developed. It’s just that advancements in AI that become immediately useful tend to get a different name.