I Haven' t downloaded a movie, but my opinion on the matter almost mirrors that of Chee Saw. It' s all the rationalization that kills me, LOL.
I might not download movies but my hands aren' t completely clean. I' m a huge fan of old arcade and classic console emulation. I know emulation is illegal, and please spare me the " emulation is LEGAL, it' s Romz that are teh illegal" craziness. You can' t use one without the other ;) :p, so I group them into the all encompassing " Emulation" label. I actually own the legal cartridge versions of many of the ROMs I have, and NO, even if you own a copy of the original title, your Romz are still teh illegal :P.
I knew this girl once that ALWAYS tried justifying her hardcore video game pirating ways with the phrase: " I like to try before I buy" , meanwhile of the 90+ burned PSOne games she had, over the course of time she NEVER made a single legit purchase for Any of the ones she liked. Why bother? She had the full-version games right there on her CD-Rs.
Whenever I heard her use her famous " I like to try before I buy" nonsense whenever someone called her up on her pirating ways, I' d always laugh and say to myself: " That' s why there' s a Blockbuster Video and Hollywood Video you ass!"
I think what it comes down to is responsibility. Yes, *responsible Pirating*, LOL.
The people who mentioned downloading movies just to check em out and then later purchasing legit copies, those types are commendable. That goes for software apps, games, movies, and music.
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