Tabitha ☢️[she/her]

but harming the creator by not buying licenses

This would mostly only apply to indie games.

in the case of companies like EA Activision etc., you could argue paying for it harms the creator by empowering their exploiters, and that paying for it harms the innocent because the US government receives a cut.

As long as they follow the rules, they’re more valuable as a list of IP addresses to hand over to feds.