Maybe it's just me... and it could be just me, 'cause I tend to be the blue orange in the apple tree :p -- but I didn't for a moment gather anything accusatory in Dark_Anvil's post. I saw only a merchant who rejoiced (perhaps very prematurely), about a verdict against enablers of illegal file trading.

And when I read, "...If you have pirated dark Anvil products, we'll forgive you if you get on Rendo quick and buy the official product...", I remembered reading about Curious Lab's Poser 4 Amnesty Upgrade for those who had "a questionable Poser serial number of any origin".

(Article here, archive of Curious Lab's page here).

Dark_Anvil's tactic seemed the same to me.

Lastly, it's a fallacy to believe that warez doesn't hurt vendors' sales. Think about it: pirated items were bought by someone out there...

Do you really think if such a person has an item in his/her cart, he/she will still buy it once they see it at a warez site?