Originally Posted by kane

Not to change the subject of this thread but is that any different than if someone finds a porn site's entire member's area online and downloads it for free and then says, "well, I wasn't going to join the site, but if I can get it for free I'll take it?"

Theft is theft. They made the movie and charge a fee to watch it. If you watched it without paying that fee (or being subject to whatever terms are put forth by it IE commercials, advertising for TV and that type of thing) then it is still theft. That you would have never watched it in the first place is a moot point.