What is illegal, but completely moral?

1. Pirating legally mandated technical standards such as building codes that are paywalled. If everyone is expected to follow the law, everyone should have free access to all of the content of the law. The people who write the copyrighted text of the building code need to be paid for their work? Fine, when the gov't adopts the building code as law, it should be treated like eminent domain and the authors should be paid by the taxpayers (same as the taxpayers pay when the government takes land to build a road, only in this case they're taking a copyrighted work).
   — white_nerdy


2. In the city my mom used to live in it was illegal to give rides to people at a bus stop. My mom stopped and gave a ride to a woman who was running to catch a bus and missed it. The police pulled her over and told her it was illegal because people were using their cars to undercut the city buses. I'm not sure why it had to be a law, I get the safety aspect but it seems like the whole purpose was to write tickets and keep people riding the city bus.
   — MeowSavedMyLife


3. Pirating content that has been abandoned and can't even be purchased any more. Eg an out of print book, or a game that isn't sold any more
   — sirgog






4. Not sure how it is in other states, but in California it’s illegal to feed other people’s meters. So you can’t play good samaritan and walk down the street with a bag of coins making sure people don’t get tickets. edit: I don't know how to spell.
   — kkkilla


5. Some schools have a policy where if you and your friend are both drunk, and one of you needs medical attention, the other can call for help without getting in trouble through school policies, like underage drinking, etc.. However, on the opposite side, if the school doesn’t have this rule, if you turn your friend in to get medical attention, you can also get in trouble via school policies. This causes a couple people to think twice before helping you’re friend, which is completely ludicrous.
   — SamwseTheBrave


6. Disconnecting from the power grid in certain areas is illegal.
   — CGoodin20






7. Distilling your own alcohol, without a permit. I can grow all the stuff myself, legally. I can make booze up to a certain strength, legally. But I can't legally heat it up and let it cool down in order to improve the flavour and alcohol content, even if my only goal is to drink it myself, unless someone tells me it's OK. I'm not *saying* I want to make my own bathtub moonshine, but...
   — Portarossa


8. Buying booze on Sunday.
   — i3aby


9. At least in my city, feeding the homeless.
   — NiceSupermodel






10. Whistle blowing. It's sad how quickly we've forgotten people who have thrown away their careers and often risked their lives to share confidential information that's exposed wrongdoing.
    — sneksarefun