Truth Teller @ May 8th 2008 5:53PM

Of course that all depends on just where you live and what the law actually is there.

Contrary to the f*ckwit 'common knowledge' downloading a movie for personal and non-commercial use is not a criminal act in the UK, actually.

(which begs the question why are the moron element just parroting their ignorant BS about this?)

It all actually falls under civil law, not criminal law,
and tough t!ttys to the supine b!tches who suck up any old lies &
sh!te 'the industry' would have you believe but there has been nothing like enough case law and precedent built up to blindly say it's proven as illegal.

Sorry & all but that is the situation in the UK
(you'll also note that we don't go for that American stupidity in Europe generally either, the EU Parliament recently chucked out this idiotic & patently obviously self-serving narrow BS last time the movie & music industry tried to get their stooges to pass law similar to that in the US).

Besides we also have a concept of 'natural justice' too
(which informs the law here).

If you pay a BBC TV & Radio licence you are paying to 'support' the movie & music industry.
If you buy satellite or cable TV channels you are paying to 'support' the movie & music industry.
If you buy the movie & music channels on your satellite & cable TV you are doubly (and handsomely) paying to 'support' the movie & music industry
(and yet again if you buy the HD channels too).

Basically what it boils down to is no-one cares what the greedy b@stards and their teams of paid suits & lawyers say or how much they pervert and abuse the law with their paid tame politicians.
The vast majority already pay (handsomely) - and usually several times over for the same stuff too.

Sharing (despite the lies & repetition) is not 'pirating'.
That is the correct term for the guy who sells dodgy copies of DVDs & CDs at the local flea market for profit, or the Chinese mini-industry that sells huge numbers of fake copies of various goods.

No-one (despite the attempts otherwise) is ever going to believe that downloading for personal non-commercial use is anything but harmless.....and that the current attempts to make punitive 'examples' of regular people are nothing but a vindictive and wildly excessive 'punishment'
(you won't see the likes of Bush punished for illegally having the Beatles on his iPod - and publicly saying so).

.....and for those of us who pay (and pay a lot) it is merely a matter of convenience and timing, we are not getting anything that we would otherwise not get.

The shills and apologists here can whine & mew about this all they like but it is just another aspect of the laughable 'King Canute' act the industry & their paid tame politicians & supporters are still trying to push
(although interestingly the music business seems to have woken up to reality recently).