I agree. I was on the fence for the first half season, being both excited for more Stargate and annoyed that visually it was very much a BSG clone. I like where the story is headed (beyond the CMBR to find god or some ascended or something). But objectively, there's not really any villain or antagonist to provide focus for the crew for more than a couple of episodes. The "I was tripping last night and had this idea for an alien" crap made me want to bore my eyes out with a Dremel.

If you want people to break that conception, don't call it piracy. Neuter the term like we have with so many other things. Call it "free information exchange" or something.