only one needs to read the data. Only one needs to write it (the receiver)

if you’re found later with a bunch of pirated material, you’re the one who gets prosecuted, not whoever you dowloaded it from

it’s a digital item. You can only make a copy

you are literally choosing to run the software that writes it to your disk. You also (probably) take steps to ensure the uploader does not have access to your disk. You are in control of what gets saved

when downloading something, you are making a copy. That copy is unauthorized. It’s illegal. The distributor didn’t give it to you, they still have their copy. And you just reproduced it again.

downvotes are because you are saying provably factually incorrect things.

ah so they only downloaded them illigally, and then used them illegally, but didn’t share them illegally. got it