Comment by lcnPylGDnU4H9OF

> if I download HBO's collection but don't seed or use for any commercial reasons it will be considered Fair Use ?

Fair use is just about how you use it, not how you get it. If you download HBO's collection and just watch it, that is fair use even if you are dinged about how you acquired the collection.

If you make a parody of a work in HBO's collection and publish/distribute it, the only question is whether or not the parody is a copy of their work. If it is, then you cannot distribute it; if not, then you can. You may "use" elements of their work in yours (as that is the point of a parody) but that can still be "fair".

Notice how none of that has anything to do with how you acquired the work. It is just not relevant to the question of fair use.