Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

this should never be a criminal offense. any criminal statutes enforcing corporate copyright is a moral perversion. a civil lawsuit matter at most.

how is this any different from debtors' prison??

individual creators should, of course, have huge power to protect their creations under the law, but anyone other than the individual should be harshly prevented from using copyright protection. in practical terms, enforcement is expensive and high-effortn for an individual, but that's what law firms are for. creators can also form cooperatives or collectives to aggregate their interests and legal efforts. there's no need nor justifications for extractive corporate entities to exist.

Japan also arrests a lot of pirates. using state terrorism to enforce capitalist corporate exploitation of creators and consumers.... Japan govt clearly uses a terroristic policy of draconian enforcement against minor offenders in order to frighten those considering pirating. a state that rules by fear is an unredeemable tyranny.