Not at all. Actually I am against the logic that you should be able to pirate something just because it is easy and you won't get in trouble. People create works because of copyright protections so that they can make a living.
Can you explain how "if someone really, really rich creates intellectual property, it's okay for the rest of us to pirate it" does not follow from "I'm pretty sure no one is trying to make a living by creating new HN posts with interesting content" in response to "Consider, on average do you enjoy reading HN posts? In what ways are people compensated for creating them how is copyright relevant for that compensation?"? Or am I misreading your first post?
