Sorry, civil torts are most definitely not illegal. By "illegal" one means prohibited or punishable by the state. They are not. Copyright infringement is defin

Sorry, civil torts are most definitely not illegal. By "illegal" one means prohibited or punishable by the state. They are not. Copyright infringement is defined in 17 USC 501. Nowhere is ordinary infringement prohibited, but civil remedies are provided in 17 USC 502-505. There are many circumstances under which civil claims may not be pursued, but also much lower standards of proof. 17 USC 506 makes willful infringement punishable under certain specific circumstances, which are a small subset of infringements. > No, I'm just not falsely limiting "illegal" to "criminal". Neither was I.