Kind of reminds me of a few years ago when there was a site called Fucinet. It hosted a great deal of excellent cartoons such as Family Guy after it was cancelled and there was no DVD release in sight. They also had shows like Futurama and Space Ghost, when they weren't making new ones. And for situations like Family Guy, FOX screwed up the scheduling so much on that one it was impossible to see some episodes. But pretty much everyone there was in agreement that if there were dvds of these shows, that they would own them.
However, on the site, it even said that the intent was not to take money away from the shows, but rather to give people an opportunity to see shows that are impossible to see otherwise. They even had a link to the online petition that helped get the Family Guy dvd moving along.
It was eventually shut down by Turner Broadcasting though, and had to move to an mIRC.
So, in short (too late), like I was saying before, if there is no other available medium, like easily accessible dvds, I don't mind it so much. Until, of course, there is a dvd release.
EDIT: This was in reference to the pirated anime talk. Just took me too damn long to write it.