when you don't have access to it in your own country?
What about if you don't want to wait for it to be shown on domestic television?
Is there a moral difference between merely watching such material (e.g. You Tube), and downloading a copy onto your computer (e.g. Bittorrent)?
2006-12-06 02:22:10 · 29 answers · asked by White_Clothes_Scare_Me 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Huge dilemma! Theoretically it is theft but you can always buy the DVD when it becomes available.
Watching when neither is available is ok. You can always buy it later if you like it!
2006-12-06 16:36:48 · answer #1 · answered by dryice66 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is absolutely moral to watch copyrighted material on the internet. As long as you don't profit by watching it or downloading it. In otherwords you can't sell it. That would be stealing.
Is it wrong to go to your neighbors and watch the movie that they paid for? If so then at my daughter's slumber parties we are showing contraband My Little Pony! As long as I don't charge an admission price then I have done nothing wrong.I think the same logic applies to watching movies on the internet.
Consider me your internet neighbor and I am sharing with all my internet friends the DVD that I purchased from the store. We are having a glorified slumber party. I bought it and am sharing it. That shouldn't be wrong. And it isn't wrong to watch it either.
The moment the web site that is showing it sells advertising on the site, then they are being immoral. Not you.
The only thing Napster did that was wrong was get millions of dollars from investors.
2006-12-06 18:23:48 · answer #2 · answered by aphillipsdesign 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is morally wrong to sneak into my garden and hide behind a tree and watch me undressing.
Is it morally wrong to watch something on the internet that the originator may not want to be there, and has created and invested in? I'm sure it must be if we're honest with ourselves. I'm sure we wouldn't like it if it was our material. I'm sure it's not anywhere near as bad as stealing it and selling at a profit.
If we don't like copyright laws the way they are, we should lobby to have them changed. Otherwise it must be morally wrong to some degree or another.
2006-12-07 05:25:46 · answer #3 · answered by Barbara Doll to you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have been watching TV for free from the networks for 50 plus years. Now suddenly they tell us we are stealing for watching it for free on the internet instead of the network? How did they expect us to react when they have been giving us free TV for so long?
You are not taking money from someone who made the TV show just because you watched a downloaded version off the internet. They got the same amount of money from the advertisers as they would have if you'd seen it on the network. The reason they want people to think that they are losing money is because they are afraid of losing the advertisers due to more people watching ad free TV. In that case it is their own damn fault for not thinking of ways to keep up with technology instead of fighting it with stupid legal battles.
If they want to stay on top they will have to go with the flow and learn to use technology to their advantage. Otherwise someone else will and we as the consumers will get what we want, regardless. We always do.
Don't let people tell you it is wrong to watch TV on the internet for free. You watch TV on the network for free. You record TV on the VCR for free, no one is in a huff about that are they? What is the difference? New technology doesn't mean new rules.
2006-12-06 10:36:41 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas J 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not morally wrong unless you are copying and using it comercially. Example: you are reselling it and make money from that subject. it's rather personal attitude towards this area.
Remember: if you are not stealing the subject, you can watch it.
Different example: In Dubai the government is blocking SKYPE webside in order to promote their the only mobile network. This is basically infriging upon peoples' rights. This is the crime. but it is legal in Dubai according to their law.
but in the end of all, everithing has its compensation: either in quality or incomplete satisfaction.
Leo Jk
2006-12-06 16:47:48 · answer #5 · answered by leojkstudio 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people get interested in shows and music through watching them on the internet and may then go on to buy/rent those products later, so it probably helps to publicise less mainstream forms of entertainment - this is how a lot of Westerners get into Japanese anime, for example.
2006-12-06 12:51:57 · answer #6 · answered by Kyo-the-cat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well when you dont have access to it, i'd say thats ok cause there is no other way of ever seeing it
if you dont want to wait for it, then thats probably wrong
and generally, i dont think any of this is morally wrong, i think it might be legally wrong and even sometimes, for a lack of better words, you're just being a d-i-c-k to the guy who made it, but i dont think this fits under 'morally' wrong, your not going to go to hell no matter how many movies or tv shows you steal
2006-12-06 10:28:30 · answer #7 · answered by 63godtoh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just to watch it as a stream? hell no! to download it and keep it or distribute it might be a bit more questionable, but watching it's cool. (plus, most stream sites are loaded with ads, so the owner of the site should question the morality, not YOU!!!
happy viewing!
2006-12-06 10:25:39 · answer #8 · answered by blue-in-groove 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Morally wrong'? That's completely up to you. You're the one who decides what your morals are. Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with it, and trust me, you are NOT funding terrorists by watching movies on the internet as someone said. *rolls eyes*
2006-12-07 06:10:34 · answer #9 · answered by Angelini 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with just watching, and no problem downloading, but I think its wrong to then go on to sell to others as some people do..;
2006-12-07 04:59:48 · answer #10 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋