You could assert that not paying $25 for a season of Weeds is a whole different ballgame than taking down a website with hundreds of millions of users. I do so

You could assert that not paying $25 for a season of Weeds is a whole different ballgame than taking down a website with hundreds of millions of users. I do so assert. One might constitute (need a trial) copyright infringement, not even theft. The second is an abridgement of human rights on a mass scale, something to be ashamed of, and something to shame others for doing.