[zzeroparticle]

The reported number does sound pretty low since a not insignificant part of 4chan is dedicated to anime and there's got to be quite a few people who grab fansubs and read manga scanlations, both of which are clearly illegal.

I'm also wondering what the Drug User questions looks for. People who are taking illegal substances or people who are taking prescribed medication. It sure is interesting to compare that percentage to the criminal question.

[mukyu]

Copyright infringement is normally a civil matter, not a criminal one. Just because it is illegal does not make it criminal.

[ZachPruckowski]

http://www.video777.com/images/general/FBI%20Copyright%20War...

There are criminal penalties for copyright infringement. You'd have to really piss off the judge and prosecutor to get charged with it for private piracy, but it's technically a criminal issue.

[mukyu]

The NET Act criminalized many instances of copyright infringement, but they are not normally pursued in that manner.

Also, criminal and civil are not mutually exclusive. They can be both.

[rue]

Of people who actually answered that particular question, 24% identified as "criminal or partaking in criminal activities".

[randallsquared]

So seventy-something percent are lying or don't know enough laws.

[jrockway]

I doubt anyone outside of copyright lobbyists consider reading translated manga a crime.