What these guys are telling you is bull. They are simply indulging in reverse moralising in order to justify what they do. Most of what goes on on these file sharing networks is theft plain and simple. The trick is whether you care or not. Since I do not care - and do not waste time moralising over it either, it is not such a big problem for me.

However as has been said, the chances of being caught are really quite low. There are millions upon millions of people trading files, so the authorities are going to have a very hard time putting everyone in jail.

There is though still a very small chance that you could get caught. But I guess you have to weigh up the risks and decide whether morally and ethically the trade off is worthwile.

GJ