Sadly, I softmodded. However, I do get to play imports. My cousin's friend gets games from Japan and PAL countries from store shipments that don't need them. He comes over to my house to play them. DVD playback is also nice.
Also, I realized that games such as SSBB and Mario Kart Wii can't get copied to an SD card. This made me worried as if my wii broke, I would lose all my data (Especially the numerous hours of brawl and Mario Kart Online races) I softmodded my wii in order to do that (Even though I risked breaking the console by doing so) Every month,I update the save file, so I know If anything happens to the Wii, I have an SD card.
As for pirating, I don't condone it. I feel that if you really like a game,, you should buy it and feel the sense of satisfaction for saying that you spent your money wisely on a good game.
This is the true definition of owning.