It is illegal and immoral. It steals the rightful intellectual property of directors and developers who are only trying to make a living. If you want to be a thief so badly, then rob a federal bank.
It is illegal and immoral. It steals the rightful intellectual property of directors and developers who are only trying to make a living. If you want to be a thief so badly, then rob a federal bank.
I see it as a “try before you buy”.
As a consumer, I have a right to know what I am buying. I shouldn’t have to pay to see a movie, watch it and then find out that I didn’t like it.
If I pirate music or TV/film and really like it, I will absolutely then pay for the album or the DVD and I have the CD/DVD collection to prove it.
As some other people have mentioned, there is the awkward situation where a DVD may not be available in your region or a CD is out of print etc. There is some music and TV that I’d love to own my own legal copy of, but it’s logistically impossible and it’s unfortunate that the only way to consume that media isn’t legal.