It's not entirely obvious to me that it would remain nothing but a civil issue. It may certainly start that way, but the RIAA have gone for blood for less. The

It's not entirely obvious to me that it would remain nothing but a civil issue. It may certainly start that way, but the RIAA have gone for blood for less. The only thing that matters is that the relevant parties believe it would possibly result in a criminal copyright case, or form some other grounds for deportation. And again if they did believe that (and the Ars article mentions that they at least seem earnest) they're still idiots, but they're not moustache twirling cartoon bad guys, either.