Do you approve of the use of torrent? Why/Why not?

Do you approve of the use of torrent? Why/Why not?
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answer:I torrent. I consider what I do ‘responsible’ torrenting. That is, I download a television shows I do not have access to, since BBC’s iPlayer system doesn’t work for us here in the States, and I don’t want to be financially ass-raped for 250 bullshit cable channels when really all I want is BBC, SyFy, and maybe Discovery Civilisations, unless that channel has been turned into reality crap, too. If I enjoy the series, I go buy it on DVD as soon as it’s available. I also torrent hidden object games. I’m kind of addicted to them. I think I owe Big fish games like, $30 now, since they sell full versions of most of their games for $2.99 each.
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