When are they going to go after the biggest offenders of all; i.e. that "sacred", untouchable institution known as the "public library"? There really is no difference here in regard to the concept itself. A bootlegger uploads a movie or a song and a bunch of people can see or hear it for free. A library buys a book or a movie and the whole city can read or see it for free.

So downloading a movie is technically illegal. So what? Contradictory application of the laws (the beloved libraries vs. bootleggers for example) makes them null and void as an ethical or moral issue as far as I am concerned.