Yup. I also suspect that the US government itself doesn't give a fig for these copyright crimes, but is very concerned that any change to the law could prevent

Yup. I also suspect that the US government itself doesn't give a fig for these copyright crimes, but is very concerned that any change to the law could prevent them extraditing UK-resident terrorist suspects to the US. A week before Gary McKinnon was suddenly found to be non medically fit to be extradited to the US & the announcement that the law was to be reformed several individuals charged with terrorist-related crimes were extradited to the US by the UK. I personally doubt the order of these events was a co-incidence.