Nice rant. Truth is, you have a problem. All of us can download the files. There is nothing wrong with the media or the service it's hosted on. Go to your local library and download it to jump drive.
It's not about getting sued, or realistic scenarios, or where the file is hosted, or where the originator is or isn't. It's about not redistributing someone else's property without their permission, whether that property be a text file, or a game, or a gold mine make no difference... Duh
Characters. You build them a world and what do they do? They moonwalk, get stuck in the walls and fall through the floors!