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I use torrents but I support taking legal action against people who violate existing copyright law.
I have downloaded and reuploaded torrents before. Not much, but that's because most of the time I don't want anything you'd need a torrent for. What I'd really love is a torrent site dedicated to material from people who just want their work to be seen.
I can accept it if the people that made what I downloaded take me to court. They can force me to pay the $5 I have cost them or something equally fair.
Take the site I got it from too. Take their nonexistant profit and shut them down. They were giving you free advertising, but who needs that? It won't help the people represented by the MPAA but it makes their lawyers look great in the press.
Seriously, we need to have a way for someone to make something and say "that is mine" long enough to make a living. On the other hand, today's copyright law is too restrictive. It is dictated by corporations and bribed politicians far seperated from the creation of ideas and entertainment. These legal battles are an attempt to inflate prices beyond what creative people and customers need with the profits feeding the big studios. In the process we are stifling the creation of art by our fellow Americans.
Just my opinion.
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