what a waste of money, time and energy that could be spent on preventing real harm to real people. cops are cops.
so bike thieves or shoplifters are just safe now?
Or even worse, no one is deprived of their property by folks streaming the soccer match via IPTV because the owner simply doesn't offer it on any service in their country.
Maybe if movies weren't about making so much money we'd have better movies instead of cash grabs. Sure we wouldn't have big budget CGI movies but that's a sacrifice I'd be willing to make
Piracy isn't like that. Copying doesn't remove the original copy.
Also, "If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't theft."