[andy_m]

My view is this - firstly, access to tele visual content is not a human right. People have lived for thousands of years without it. Secondly, in the same way that troubadours, minstrels, jesters, comics, authors etc have filled those thousands of years, entertainment, and the provision of it is a business and people enter business to make money. You might not like it, you might not like how they run their business, but the fact remains that, for example, hbo have spent money on Game of Thrones, and they have done so to make money. It is their property to do just that with. Just because you want to access that entertainment but have chosen to give your money to a company that doesn't offer it doesn't give you the right to obtain it illegally. Just because you can't wait for it to become available on other platforms doesn't give you the right to obtain it illegally. And just because you have a moral objection to the way they run their business doesn't give you a right to obtain it illegally either.