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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
So I need to understand something because your line in the sand seems arbitrarily drawn. I pay for cable TV and if I miss an episode of a show and decide to illegally download that episode to watch is that stealing?
If I purchase a movie and then illegally download that same movie so I can watch it on my iPod is that stealing?
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I don't think any human that has ever ventured on the internet can say they haven't violated a copyright law. Everyone, in some way shape or form, has watched something that violated something whether they like it or not. In principal, I would say if you are watching something you already paid for the right to watch, sure whatever. What is stopping you from recording it on your PVR. I am sure it violates some sort of law, but let's get real.
To me the line is really drawn at just straight up stealing it, knowing your stealing it. If you are watching Lincoln on your lap top right now, and you didn't pay, you are a thief. If you were playing Halo 4, 3 weeks before release, you deserve to get charged, and you deserve a bricked Xbox. There is no way to defend stuff like this with semantics about "But, but.... it is too expensive!"