My point about The Office is a legitimate one - and I did not mean to cause offense. The language to support piracy is often couched in terms of civil rights -

My point about The Office is a legitimate one - and I did not mean to cause offense. The language to support piracy is often couched in terms of civil rights - and I can understand that side of it. In practice though piracy is used for consumption that mirrors almost exactly what people consume in the 'un-pirated' world. I won't use this fact to damn piracy. For me, it is a clear recognition that the 'pirate' model would flow quite naturally into a mutually-beneficial marketplace if given the chance. The best way to get the government or governing powers out of the way is to support a legitimate marketplace of one's own. If that lower threshold can't even be met, the argument that a 'fairer' governing power exists falls on deaf ears.