[tailrecursion]

No, piracy is defined as stealing a vendor's exclusivity by making copies and putting them up on a web site. Ad blocking is not the same as making copies and distributing.

You might as well argue that covering your ears during a TV advertisement is piracy. That's a strange definition of the word if I ever saw one.

[danpalmer]

I think content piracy is generally accepted to not require re-distributing. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but if I search "watch free movies online" and find a site streaming bad DVD rips, I fully believe that I am pirating that content against the wishes of the content owner.

[aspaviento]

Generally accepted by whom? There are many countries that only consider distribution illegal so I don't think it's generally accepted at all.

[cwillu]

> a site streaming bad DVD rips

This is redistributing.