Is watching broadcast TV immoral?
The terms of television shows are that you watch the commercials.
Is sitting in the shade of a tall building (off the property) to escape the heat immoral?
No.
Is nibbling on the core of an apple that someone bought, ate, and discarded immoral?
No. It has been discarded.
Is eating a free sample at the grocery store immoral?
It's a *FREE SAMPLE*
Are the homeless people at the shelter I volunteer for (do free work for) immoral?
I have no idea.
And here's one that ought to be considered for further discussion-- Is letting impoverished people pick up discarded bottles and cans, cleaning your property for free, immoral? (cans you would have just thrown away)
Is making a copy of a movie
finding a discarded movie? NO.
Nothing you have cited has anything AT ALL to do with respecting the terms of content creators. Copying a movie that is otherwise for sale, is deriving the value the seller places on the content without paying the creator what they expect to be paid.
If you do not want to pay what the content creator is asking, then don't. But don't fucking sit there and pretend that going ahead and using that product without paying the sellers price is somehow noble. That's a load of shit, man.
If an album is worth the 40 minutes it lasts to listen to, or a movie is worth the 90 minutes it tales to watch, then it's worth 40 or 90 minutes you spent of your time, which has a non-zero value.
I hate this fucking topic because it always ends with the other person skating around the issue. People who are otherwise awesome and clear headed TIME AND TIME AGAIN blow this off because of their own guilty consciences.
You download shit, and gain value from it, and you don't pay the price that the content creator is asking for it. That's not very cool. Period.