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Originally Posted by Catlady
I have to agree here about the film. When you pay to see the movie in a theater, you don't get to keep it for repeat viewing.
However, I recently bought three used VHS tapes of movies not available on DVD, copied two of them to DVD for my own use, then my VCR stopped working. I found an online copy of the third film (not a torrent, BTW) and downloaded it. It had been recorded from a TV broadcast.
Am I supposed to feel guilty? Who got victimized here?
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Right. If I buy a ticket to see a movie on a Saturday, I should not expect to show up with the ticket stub on Sunday and be allowed to see it again without buying another ticket.
I wonder about the "wrongness" of downloading stuff that is not available for purchase. Several years ago I downloaded a TV series from the 80s that was not available for commercial purchase. When the first season was finally made available in 2008 I bought it. And have waited and waited for releases of seasons two-four .... At this point, I have given up and assume they will never be released on DVD (although I still check from time to time).
If they ever are, I will buy them. In the meantime, I have no problem watching the download.
I am an Asian film freak. Many movies were never released in the US (or were heavily edited/Americanized (fortunately less of a problem now). So I have bought fansubs or poorly Englished-subtitled versions from Asian outfits. Or I have bought European releases.
So am I a pirate? I guess so. But I have no guilt. Stop with the geographical restrictions or sitting on the original version because a (usually inferior) remake is in the works.
Same thing applies to books. I have bought hard copies overseas because they are unavailable here.