Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the whole reason devs won't release it not the fact that they think people will use it for only piracy?
If so, this is not going to change anything. They already know people want it; the problem is people aren't going to use it the way they want it.
So......the smart move would instead be to either convince them that people will predominantly use it for things other than piracy, or convince them that this is not a good reason to withhold the exploit. IDK, the first sounds less morally ambiguous and I'm pretty sure people have already tried the second, so yeah.