Is digital piracy—understood as illegally accessing or using copyrighted works, such as through a file-sharing platform—morally wrong? Such piracy typically falls into the intriguing category of self-interested law breaking, performed deliberately and in the context of a principled disagreement with the law. Existing treatments of the ethics of piracy fail to consider the full sweep of moral considerations implicated by such law breaking, collapsing the question into deceptively narrow enquiries. I argue that there are many reasons, some stemming from quite surprising sources, for respecting copyright law, even for those who think the law is unjust, are sceptical of the law’s democratic legitimacy, and are frustrated at the immoral behaviour of large corporate content providers.

中文翻译：

---

刻意、有原则、自利的违法行为：数字“盗版”的伦理

数字盗版——被理解为非法访问或使用受版权保护的作品，例如通过文件共享平台——在道德上是错误的吗？这种盗版行为通常属于自私自利的违法行为，是在原则上不符合法律的情况下故意进行的。对盗版伦理的现有处理未能全面考虑此类违法行为所涉及的道德考量，将问题折叠为看似狭隘的调查。我认为尊重版权法的原因有很多，其中一些来自相当令人惊讶的来源，即使对于那些认为法律不公正、怀疑法律的民主合法性以及对大型企业内容提供商的不道德行为感到沮丧的人.