I'm not claiming a right. I'm claiming an opportunity. Those bytes are just sitting there waiting for me to click download.
I think the better question is: what are you going to do to stop me from downloading whatever I want?
I think the better question is: what are you going to do to stop me from downloading whatever I want?
The people under indictment wanted to have reputation in the scene, so badly that they were willing to commit a lot of crimes that are way more severe than watching pirated content.
I think the takeaway is that if you're torrenting content, you're probably fine. But if you're running a pre with unreleased content, the law takes that pretty seriously.