Indeed. I pirate things which pique my curiosity. If I find them worthwhile I go to Amazon or some such and buy the download. There is so much crap out there and I’m not much into gambling. In the case of TV shows I see no difference between pirating and watching the filtered versions (commercials cut out) televisions…

I’ve heard it said, by folks who seem to know, that if one accesses a bittorent client (i.e. Pirate Bay) via a public wireless system (i.e. university, coffee shop, community wireless), any tracking will lead back to the wireless base which in turn has no idea who is accessing its signal (unless it is a closed system…