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It is not illegal in Europe even if you did not pay. Seems immoral though.

• wolco 7y ago
  Your immoral point made me think. I think it seems immoral but the more I think about it, it's not. A corporation (like a studio) and capitalist system (like hollywood movie making) doesn't operate with morality. It seeks to gain the largest profit without regard to morality. If these movie companies reached a fair profit point and made the movie free afterwards you could make the point they acted with balance. If they shared profits with society morality could be an issue. But they try to make as much profit as the market will allow. They act without morality. Therefore you cannot assigned a morality value to your interactions with such entities. It is not immoral to pirate (even if it is illegal in some places).
  • anoncake 7y ago
    I agree that piracy isn't immoral in general but it isn't because capitalist corporations don't operate without morality. Isn't it immoral to harm a psychopath, who acts immorally because they are mentally ill?
    • shakna 7y ago
      > Isn't it immoral to harm a psychopath, who acts immorally because they are mentally ill? It isn't definitive that piracy actually causes any significant or definitive harm to large organisations. It fact in many circumstances the effect can be reversed - those who pirate films are also more likely to watch them and to encourage others to watch them. Without a definitive answer to the harm question, you can't definitively assess the morality side of the question.