Note to self: Do not eat BigMac if BigMac is no longer warm. Definitely do not eat cold BigMac. Buy some Imodium on the way home.

It is illegal to steal cable. It is illegal to give away something that's not yours to give away. Then, it is legal to record a tv show, provided that you are not stealing cable. But is it legal to record a show, and lend the tape to someone who does not have cable? Is it legal to record a show/movie, make an mpeg of it, and send it to your friend over the internet, who doesn't have cable? Would it be legal to do that if your friend has already seen that movie in a theatre?

Is it fair to have to pay to rent a movie that you've already paid for to see in a theatre? Would it be illegal to memorize the lines from a movie and write them down somewhere and publish them? What about pictures? What if you have a photographic memory and can draw really really fast. Would it be illegal to reproduce scenes from a movie from memory and publish these on the internet?

Is it legal to rent a movie, but, discovering that your tv's sound is broken, make it digital to watch it on your computer instead? Is it then legal to send that mpeg to your friend, who doesn't own a vcr? Can a video rental store be allowed to make a video available online, for their customers who don't own vcrs or dvd players? Is it legal to download a movie that has already aired on tv, even if you don't have cable and thus could never have seen that movie, for free? Is it legal, to download a movie that has reached video/dvd? Is it legal to rent a video, and it into an mpeg, if you've already paid to see the movie in theatres?

Is it legal to copy a dvd/video that someone else has bought? Is it legal, to copy a dvd/video that someone else has rented? Is it legal to copy a dvd/video from a friend who borrowed it from another friend, who bought it? Is it legal to record a movie/show off tv, copy it, and send over the net to your friends?

Is file sharing legal?