And this post, at least, isn't 'astroturfing'.

M-W's third definition of entitlement, which is the only one that even remotely fits, goes something like this:

"3: belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges"

So, your contention is that people who torrent movies believe they deserve the privilege of watching them, rather than that they may be doing it for any of a number of other reasons, such as the ones I and others have mentioned all throughout this thread.

It's a real stretch to say that, because the content I want to watch is unavailable to me in any other format at any price, that I must be some sort of spoiled prima-donna for typing something into a search engine and downloading something with a BitTorrent client. Pretty laughable line of argument.

http://www.outofthefog.net/CommonBehaviors/Entitlement.html

Note the second-to-last example of a sense of entitlement:

  * An irate customer demands products and services
    that they have not paid for.

1) This movie is available for sale. 2) I want to purchase it. 3) Therefore, they are obligated to sell it to me. Or, alternatively, I feel I am entitled to purchase a copy.

This is what I fundamentally disagree with. I do not believe that you have any sort of right to purchase a product. Just because they make it available for sale does not mean that they are in any way obligated to sell it to you, even if you want it very badly and are willing to pay quite a lot of money.

I'm not actually talking about torrenting at all; that comes after the 'entitlement'.