{not disagreeing} To be supremely pernickety one might argue that copyright is a tort, so it is tortuous infringement, which is unlawful (not allowed by laws)

{not disagreeing} To be supremely pernickety one might argue that copyright is a tort, so it is tortuous infringement, which is unlawful (not allowed by laws) but not illegal (criminal). But then one might also argue about how many copies of the GPL fit on the head of a pin. However, in some jurisdictions some copyright infringing acts are deemed criminal; so not only is such argument futile but it can also be wrong according to the facts of the case.*