Geliraden said:
He payed money for the DVDs and the shipping, money he could have payed for actual LEGAL copies of those movies. So no, he had absolutely no reason to pirate the movies.
As was stated earlier the reason is clear, quantity, his reason for breaking the law was to give more soldiers the pleasure of watching a movie, instead of limiting it due to available income.
Or maybe he just hates Hollywood...
Whatever his reasons are, you cannot invalidate his reason, thats like saying there is no car there when clearly there would have to be a car.
You can, and are, judging his actions to be illegal and morally wrong. This is of course illegal, however to what level it is immoral we are conflicted on, does upholding the law and paying fees to the copyright holders of the movie warrant not sending movies to tens of thousands of soldiers? I say it does not, the limited loss of income the copyright holders will incur does not seem morally wrong when faced with the prospect of giving a solder a way to relieve some stress and get some enjoyment on the battle field.
And I will ask you as well, to what extent does this man deserve to be punished for his crime? to the full extent of the law? Or will you base punishment on something other then what is stated clearly in the law books?