If more than a small fraction of the people pirating it were people who legitimately could not obtain it, rather than people who are perfectly capable of getting cable and just don't wanna, this argument would hold somewhat more weight.

Likewise with ebooks. Last time I checked, most of the people with ereaders (not all, but most) are perfectly capable of reading books on paper. They just don't wanna, which doesn't imply they don't have an *option* to buy the content.