Are those actions grave matter?

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Usually, software piracy is a grave matter as it can be seen as “defrauding from wages”. But how about those scenarios? Also, considering the motives, can those actions be categorized as mortal sin (assuming the do-er knew already that software piracy is wrong and intrinsically evil)?
  1. Someone has legally owned a game for PS4, but somehow he can’t use his PS4. Then, he downloaded the pirated PC version.
  2. Someone can legally watch a movie from a service such as HOOQ, but somehow he can’t install that application at his TV. Then, he browse the internet via his TV and watch the same movie from illegal streaming site.
I’ll add another grey-area action later, if somehow it is popping in my head.

Also, feel free to disagree about my view on software piracy.
 
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If you have to use the words pirated and illegal, yeah it is grave. From the Catechism: 1858 “Grave matter is specified by the Ten Commandments, corresponding to the answer of Jesus to the rich young man: “Do not kill, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and your mother.” The gravity of sins is more or less great: murder is graver than theft. One must also take into account who is wronged: violence against parents is in itself graver than violence against a stranger.
 
I dont get hung up on mortal or venial definitions…if i wonder which it is, i take that to mean my conscience is bothered. And its worthy of confessing…the guidance given by my confessor will give a more definitive answer, and i will change my behaviors and actions based on that.

Pax et bonum!
 
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