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by scarecrowbob 4893 days ago
Not that I agree with this, but there are a range of factors that make infringement a criminal offense:

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#506

Specifically: "(C) by the distribution of a work being prepared for commercial distribution, by making it available on a computer network accessible to members of the public, if such person knew or should have known that the work was intended for commercial distribution."