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Re:Popcorn Time 4.0 by psychlops on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:16PM (#22606443)
Without disagreeing with what you wrote, you are conflating ethical and moral with legal and criminal. They are not the same and it makes it difficult to understand the foundation upon which you rest.
Re:Popcorn Time 4.0 by crimsonalucard on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @12:41PM (#22606790)
You're right, I didn't want to get into a philosophical argument on technicalities.

That wasn't the point. The point is that a lot of these technicalities are self constructed justifications. Illusions and lies we tell ourselves to cope with our imperfection. I conflate because I don't care about the technicalities, I'm talking about something primal and simple.

In its most simplistic form, this is what I mean:

If I create a work of art to make money or even for just limited showings and you copy it and distribute it without my permission, than you are doing something wrong and you know it.

That's all. My argument is saying that anything on top of that is an attempt to justify your actions.