And my character is wanting to help a bunch of people who wanna watch this documentary, whether or not I'm being watched. This isn't a baseball game, it's okay to break the rules some times. Especially if it's not hurting anyone.
*Video producer mode on*
Look, maybe you think this isn't hurting anybody but if the creators of the film were to find out, they would be upset. I can be certain of this. They spent time, money, and effort on creating the film and whether or not you are showing it publicly or privately, making money off of it or not, they will be hurt by your selfishness in the end. Get a legitimate copy.
*Video producer mode off*
That's the problem, a legitimate copy isn't available. And believe it or not I am a video producer...I don't produce television specials like this but I produce all kinds of videos from music videos to short films, to documentaries, and I make sure my content has an outlet. If it's not available to audiences then it's asking to be pirated. And besides, the program already aired on TV. As far as the producers are concerned the video's life is over. They might get one more re-run out of it but it's from a World Series a couple years ago and is essentially dead now. If I was the producer of this program, at this point I would be happy that people want to see it enough that they'd be willing to make a bootleg DVD, mail it to someone, then rip it to show to others. 20 people watching it on an umpire forum is not hurting a television program that aired (past tense) on a national scale... believe me.
Saying by not making it available to audiences is asking for pirating is basically saying you think they want you to rip it.
It doesn't matter if the video's life is "dead." A pirated video is still a pirated video. I doubt they would be pleased in any way to find out that somebody had burned it to a DVD and encouraged their buddies to illegally download it for their pleasure.
You're using the same arguments over and over and everybody involved in the conversation has stated that your idea is NOT COOL and maybe you should take that hint.
lol you said it...."NOT COOL".....exactly what all of you naysayers are. Umpire nerds who blindly follow rules without being able to use a little discretion.
I'll find this show elsewhere and sweet fuk all will happen because its broadcast life is over and it's not available to view anywhere. So pirating it literally affects no one. Especially when shared privately among a small group of people. The reason they crack down on piracy at all isn't because the producers' wouldn't be pleased....it's because sales are lost. Movies are available in theatres, on DVD, or by streaming, with prices people can pay to view them - so if you pirate a movie you're taking sales away from them. That is "not cool." But if the ability to view something and the option to pay for it is not available, that means they don't give a SH*# about it anymore. It's done. They can't care about it being pirated because they don't lose any money from it. It's dead to them. They're on to producing the next show that they can put on TV and sell advertising time slots for temporarily. Just because something's technically against the rules doesn't mean it's inherently bad. Sometimes you need to question the rules instead of following them blindly.