Call it digital trespassing then. Semantics.

It's stealing. You're stealing from the residual base of workers who require residuals to continue this career.

I'm okay with that. The business is unfair to those in it, particularly at the lower end, and also unfair to its consumers. It is not the job of consumers to fix or perpetuate that system.

No, it's the union job to do that for sure.

I'm only here to pop the balloon on the consumer's perception that "it's not theft." there's a face and a name that goes along with that theft. Thousands of them.

It's not theft, it's piracy.

Torrent client in one hand, blunderbuss in the other, I just hope the Royal Navy doesn't hang me.

That's definitely good; there are hidden immoralities in every transaction and it is in the interest of all of us to be more aware of them.

Is it my responsibility to help these people continue their careers? I have worked on tools that help businesses fill out legal forms without the need of a lawyer. By the same logic, am I “stealing” from the lawyers who need this friction to continue their careers? The reality of technological progress is that some economic activities become unsustainable and some workers will be forced out of their careers.