I meant that it must be &quot;a vital societal good&quot; since people risk the penalties for it.<p>The civil and criminal fines are pretty damn ridiculous. If I were in charge, I&#x27;d treat it like a parking ticket. Your IP gets caught, you get a 75 dollar fine unless you can show it wasn&#x27;t you. That&#x27;s how we treat parking tickets.<p>I just think it&#x27;s silly for pirates to argue that the media content is worthless junk. Since they spend so much time consuming it for free. That goes double now that netflix has enough content for a lifetime for 8 bucks a month.