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Civil crimes are for the rich and criminal are reserved for the poor.

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• xyzzy123 4y ago
  That is in a sense true. If you don't have any money to begin with, you don't have much to lose by getting sued and there is not much incentive for anyone to bother. Personally I think it's better for everyone that the police are not usually involved in the enforcement of IP law. A lot of corporations would love the state (aka taxpayers) to pick up more of the tab for keeping mickey mouse out of the hands of the public. The flip side of what the parent is asking for (the police treat "theft of ideas" like criminal theft, without even any registration of the IP!) would very likely result in clogged courts and mass incarceration of downloaders. (Admittedly this ridiculous hypothetical would also require that police have time and resource to treat theft of property seriously, which is not true in many places and considered no big deal given that you would most likely not be compensated for your losses except by insurance in any case).