The problem with this argument is that is does not matter if they intended to buy it or not. They acquired it illegally. If someone goes into a store a takes a cd, it is theft, whether they would have bought it or not. So if someone illegally downloads music, movies, etc., they have stolen that property. There is no moral gray area here. They are wrong, and they should be held accountable for the crime. But that is all, just the cost of what that movie, etc. would have cost them to download, not the thousands of dollars that these companies try to get from them.
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