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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
Its not theft because you don't need to watch the movie. You are not being forced to pay for it. There is no gun to your head. A movie is not a human right or some requirement to live. Its just entertainment.
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Who says being able to live a rich, uplifting, enjoyable life is not a human right? What is a human right then? To enjoy or experience
nothing unless you are rich enough to pay for it?
Billion dollar corporations are quick to complain about people stealing their shit; they're a lot less interested in addressing the root cause of theft, which is poverty, inequality and the fact that so much money is in their hands, at the expense of 'the masses'.
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A lot of things are overpriced. The solution is not to steal them. The solution is to not buy them.
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How does not buying help either the person who doesn't buy or the company they didn't buy from?
The solution is to make higher quality products and not overprice them. One definition of greed is knocking out cheaply produced junk at inflated prices. There is no 'human right' to go around ripping people off, just because people are required to spend their money
before they know it's even worth it.
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It's totally unreal that people think they have some basic entitlement to entertainment and if its not made available on terms they personally find agreeable - then they are ok to steal it.
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Okay explain why it's acceptable for people to be denied 'art' or entertainment (movies, books, music, TV, or games) just because, for whatever reason, they are unable to afford it. Why do only rich people have the 'human right' to enjoy life?