I looked up the actual citation. Here's what I found interesting: Copyright theft became a crime (versus tort) in 1990 and only applied to the sale of physical

I looked up the actual citation. Here's what I found interesting: Copyright theft became a crime (versus tort) in 1990 and only applied to the sale of physical copies. It expanded to digital distribution in 2008. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/506 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/506