The part where my moral story breaks down a bit is that I wouldn't dream of downloading a film, even though I guess I could use the same justification as with the TV shows (in that just about every film gets shown on TV at some point).
Films give me qualms too: if the entire music industry were wound up tomorrow, which is effectively what would happen if copyright were made inapplicable to digital data, then there would still be music (indeed, music would arguably be better off) -- but if the entire film industry were wound up, then there wouldn't still be films.
Peter
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