The article is about the morality of pirating. As the overwhelming majority of piracy occurs within months of release, length of copyright --or even the existence of copyright-- is absolutely irrelevant to this discussion.

Perhaps you should restrict yourself to commenting on articles you did read? How useful would it be if my reply to your post was firstly, and admission to not having bothered to read it, but then few lines pointing out how complex patent law and the economic effects are, and how neither the article, nor your comment, bother addressing the larger issue?