I respect the military, my entire family is military and I spent 17 years of my life "serving" as a dependent of a Navy sailor. Do I think they are saints? No. Do I think they are evil? No. Some join for good reasons, others don't. To simplify this to black and white is silly. The military was good for my father but not so good for his family. But now I'm getting off topic.
As for the individual in the article, I think he walks a fine line. I like his support of troops stationed overseas but the method by which he does it is borderline. The soldiers are often capable of getting the movies (granted it is often a good while after the movies are out). I've sent a good number of packages with movies to my friends stationed in Afgan and I know they have also ordered lots themselves. I do somewhat understand the joy of being able to see a movie shortly after it comes out in the States, as I have spent time away and missed that sort of normalcy. The law is not always solid nor right, it is created by imperfect humans for an imperfect system.
So yeah, I'm rather conflicted by this case especially since the man reminds me an awful lot of my own grandfather (who I am very close to). However, the MPAA would not even dream of legally pursuing this man. That is a PR nightmare, one I would want to stay as far away from as possible.
