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Originally Posted by ChuckNorris
For the second one- that seems to me to be quite honest a ******ed hypothetical-
The idea that a version of the movie exists yet the creators or the rights owners and they are not releasing does not mean you can go around copy right laws--it is a decision they make.
The argument follows this- there's a picture of your favorite actor/artist/whatever on their cellphone, should you have access to it? It's ridiculous.
The owners have the HD version for themselves and if they see fit they'll release to the market. It's still their property and not yours. You have no right to download/hack/steal that and it should be illegal.
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Of course you are not really looking at all of the angles here: For example, you could argue that for there to really be "theft", that something of value would have to be taken. There are a few retorts to your question that can come out of this:
- Unless you personally copied the digital master copy of the movie into some other format, you technically just recieved another copy.. the orignal holder of the work still has the original. Think if it this way: if you have a copy of the Mona Lisa on your wall, is the original lessened in some way by this? Of course not.
- The other argument is that you have stolen the money you would have originally paid the copyright holder to purchase a copy is moot; the copyright holder does not have such things available. Again, how does the orignial copyright holder get hurt in any way by this?