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RE: Morality and downloading

April 13, 2015 at 5:52 pm

It depends, of course.

I buy all of the software I use (everything that isn't freeware, that is). I don't download music.

Any video that I download is limited to productions that I'm entitled to watch (i.e. I don't see a moral issue with downloading episodes of "Game of Thrones", because I pay for a subscription to HBO). It's legal to use a VCR / DVD or other recording device to time/place/format shift a video recording for personal use. If it's legal for me to do so, and it's legal for me to possess and use a recording, then I see no problem with downloading something I'm already legally entitled to view (and record, should I feel like it).

The media producers may disagree, but they can fuck themselves.

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