You know what's funny? I have a bootleg version of Return of the Jedi on VHS that dates back to 1983. I have a bootleg of E.T. from the same time. I was 11 when Jedi came out, and my family had very recently purchased a VCR. A guy at the video store sold the bootlegs for $10 a piece ... which was laughably cheap at the time considering that VHS movies retailed at $75. None of the Star Wars films was available on VHS in 1983 (I don't even think they'd aired on TV yet).

Having the bootleg didn't stop me from seeing the movie a half dozen times (or more) in the theatre. The bootleg was no substitute for the real thing.

I don't download movies. I don't buy bootlegs UNLESS I cannot buy or watch the film/show in a given format (re: the untainted Star Wars films), in which case I feel NO GUILT procuring a bootleg. I've no interest in seeing current films on dvd or my computer before their official release in said formats ... I can wait.

What's REALLY funny is the fact that making a big fuss about bootlegs and threatening people just makes bootlegging infinitely more popular. I mean, I don't even like Revenge of the Sith that much, yet now I want to download or buy a bootleg JUST IN SPITE OF FOX.