[snickerdoodle12]

So if I download copyrighted material like the new disney movie with fansubs and watch it for training purposes instead of enjoyment purposes it's fine? In that case I've just been training myself, your honor. No, no, I'm not enjoying these TV shows.

Because it's important to grasp the scale of these copyright violations:

* They downloaded, and admitted to using, Anna's Archive: Millions of books and papers, most of which are paywalled but they pirated it instead

* They acquired Movies and TV shows and used unofficial subtitles distributed by websites such as OpenSubtitles, which are typically used for pirated media. Official releases such as DVDs tend to have official subtitles that don't sign off with "For study/research purpose only. Please delete after 48 hours" or "Subtitles by %some_username%"

[Workaccount2]

I don't know what is confusing here, perhaps my comment isn't clear.

If you skirt payment, its a violation. If it's free, but still copyright, it's likely not a violation.

[snickerdoodle12]

They've done both, so my confusion is about why you are bringing this up?

[moralestapia]

OpenSubtitles has nothing to do with pirated media. Transcripts/translations are fair use. Their own use case is fair use as well.

[snickerdoodle12]

OpenSubtitles is almost exclusively used with pirated media. Official copies come with official subtitles. OpenSubtitles itself is legal, but that's not the point at all.