The 'right or wrong' is not determined by the individual, OR by 'some random person on the net'. It's decided by those within society entrusted with the determination of 'right or wrong'. We call them the 'Legal System'.
What is left for the 'individual' is the decision to abide by the 'laws' or not. What society then demands is that those who decide to exercise their 'free will' and ignore the statutes/tenets imposed upon them is that they serve some form of penalty for so-doing. And from 'penalty' comes 'penal system', aka imprisonment, etc.
Everyone has the 'free will' to break any such 'law' they deem draconian or unjust or restrictive....but you are then obliged to suffer the consequences of so doing.
Food for thought....a paedophile will argue that he is NOT doing anything 'wrong'. In his version of reality he will declare that it is his 'right'. Fortunately for 'us', public opinion is at odds with their beliefs and they are prosecuted/punished.
A belief that a social 'rule' is an imposition does not justify its violation....and it certainly will not absolve you from retribution.
The right or wrong of a law is outside your determination...the justification or validity may be open to debate of 'fairness' or being excessive....but the longer a person remains a member of 'his' society the more he will come to dislike parts of it but will have to accept its rulings to remain a valid member of that society and not end up ostracized or excluded.
All facets or subsets of society have rules and impositions. Here on Wincustomize.com, because of our hosted content [artwork aka skins] we impose limitations which are defined by copyright, IP, etc....and for aeons have referred to transgressions of same as 'rips'. Other parts of the world might debunk property 'rights' but WC is not 'other parts of the world'....it's a US-based site, owned and run by a US-based Company [Stardock] which is [as you would expect] protective of its own IP and, through the ministrations of the site Admins assists in protecting the IP rights of its members/community.
Those who, for whatever reason or perception of 'wrongness', choose to defy our community's IP 'rules' are, by definition not 'community members'.
This is most commonly evident by whether the alleged 'member' is a giver or a taker...or, in other words [in our terminology] a 'skinner' or a 'user'.
Generally it is mostly the 'users' who want 'something for nothing' and generally it is the 'skinners' who appreciate IP protection and support it.
Sure, there's idealists in both camps.....but in this world nothing is ever really 'ideal'....
