A little like that perhaps.
Also, just to harp on a bit more, piracy isn't endemic only in the private sphere. Many studies have found plenty pirated software in businesses, in schools and in government. Lately, copyright lawyers in the US have been found to be uploading copyrighted material themselves to the Pirate Bay and other large torrent sites in order to catch "offenders".
Honestly, to believe that piracy and copyright violation is something carried out by a small, nefarious minority is simply astoundingly naive.