NZ: Copywrong?

Oh, please, pro-copyright industry people.

Copyright infringement is not theft.

I am an author, I am about to release my eBook on iBooks through apple's iTunes. I want people to 'pirate' it and torrent it to their hearts content. One illegal download will not affect a paid download whatsoever, in fact it will actually help spread the word of my work to other people in hopes if they actually like my media -- other people they know will find this out and then buy it legally. The copyright 'industry' are just a bunch of rich wankers who have no actual moral interest in the work they are trying to protect. Ask most artists, musicians and they will tell you they do not support criminal sanctions for people merely 'sampling' work, or even flat out taking it without paying.

Notwithstanding all evidence which has been studied countless times worldwide showing copyright theft does no actual harm to sales or profits:it is common sense that the more something is downloaded for free, the more people discuss, share, and comment on it therefore increasing sales through word of mouth.

Still think i'm being too wishful of a thinker? Look at the iTunes top 50 lists. Now go and look at the top 50 lists of downloaded albums from websites such as the pirate bay. They are so closely matched, you cannot argue that more downloads illegally leads to less sales officially. It is a failed argument, rooted in 19th century thinking. 

I wanna turn to my own issue with how the "law" handles "copyright" of "media" today.

1) I cannot legally download any of my favorite TV shows from the iTunes NZ store because of licensing issues that are not my problem, or concern.

1a) This would not be an issue for anybody if our local TV stations played TV shows within a reasonable timeframe of them airing in the united states (~7 days or less)

Conclusion: I 'pirate' the television shows I watch not only for entertainment value but also because I blog for a living and one of my websites is dedicated to reviewing and commenting on television shows. Some would say this arranges me as an exception in regards to copyright (fair use, review, education) but I can't be bothered even defending myself because

1) If I could legally download my favorite TV shows from the iTunes NZ store, I would pay for them or,

1a) If television shows streamed at the same time as in the states on our local stations, I would watch them paid for by advertisements or my telstraclear cable bill.

It is unreasonable and untenable to hold me back from both watching, reviewing and commenting on television shows I like to watch in this, our globalized world.

Oh, and by the way: I pay for music I enjoy via iTunes and have kept all records for this if the copyright "lobby" ever comes knocking on my door.