If there is one thing Piracy has done for me, it was encourage me to go out and actually buy the album or game because I liked it so much.
Example in case, previously every game I have for my Sega Genesis collection (and just one game for the Sega CD), a one point I only "owned" ROM images of them. Now, I like have a decently sized amount of those "cream of the crop" games. And this is including Gunstar Heroes, which is like the most sought-after game in my collection, and yes, it came in the box.
Oh, I still want to go mod my Gen and make it play Japan-exclusive games, including some of my all-time favorite games Pulseman and Monster World IV.