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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I agree. But then I'm the one that's been saying that I believe most people don't bother justifying it at all. They just do it and don't worry about the philosophical points.
That's been my experience when talking to: my father-in-law who has a vast collection of tapes copied from movies rented from blockbuster, my coworker who uses Kodi to stream movies and other coworkers who use other services. When I ask about the morality of it , I tend to get a shrug or a smirk or a dismissive "whatever..."
The only times I've encountered the twisted justifications discussed here has been in online forums.
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I think that there are people who have the philosophy that "information just wants to be free" or some such thing and honestly believe it. I tend more to the "you want to pay so your favorite author/singer/actor" will continue to write books, make music and make movies" view myself.
I also think there is a generation of people who have grown up downloading/streaming content. That is their preferred method of getting content and they will get it that way. I do think that with the success of the various music streaming services (success as in number of paying customers), people will pay for content, but many are just as happy streaming a movie that someone else uploaded on you tube if that's the only say to get it.