Karthik’s screen turned red. He realized too late that when you go looking for a movie about world-class thieves on a pirate site, you’re usually the one getting robbed. He shut his laptop, the irony of the situation hitting him harder than a Mini Cooper in a subway tunnel.
As the progress bar crawled forward, Karthik felt a rush. It felt like he was part of the heist himself, bypassing the digital "police" of copyright strikes.