[thanksforfish]

That may be the point

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience

[Cthulhu_]

I don't believe actively sending false claims of copyright infringement can be called 'civil' still. It's going for the offense, instead of passively resisting.

[mrguyorama]

The entire point of civil disobedience is to commit a crime (and usually do the time) in order to raise awareness about the unjustness of said crime