South Burlington, VT
Quoted from kbliznick:Actually, yes, the one time you can download movies from torrents legally is when you already have purchased the film on other media. Same goes for music downloads. There have been cases fought in court to have the right to make back-up copies of the media for your own use. You even now receive a free digital copy of most movies when you buy a blue ray.
Years ago I legally downloaded my entire collection of cd's so that I could listen to them in MP3 form without having to rip all the discs myself.
Note that downloading as a torrent means you are also sharing/uploading the file, or at least making it available to be uploaded. There's no way that's within your rights. I don't disagree with the rest of what you're saying.
