Intellectual property is protected only in case if the person uses it for commercial purposes. I support the protection of intellectual property but on the other hand a lot of countries where people are very poor and they cannot afford to pay real money. On the other hand China in General is the king of plagiarism and provides fakes the whole world.
Commercial is one thing, but what about using it to get a degree, in form of plagiarism?
I oppose plagiarism and I think there should be some laws protecting intellectual property, but I also oppose abusing these laws to prosecute sharing of digital media.
It's stupid that a person can go to a friend and watch a movie with him at his house, or take that dvd, that he bought, and watch it at home, but cannot share it with someone in the internet.