That may be so, but in the UK it is a well known fact that the police are not interested in the bulk of domestic crimes, unless they are of a serious nature, such as murder or serious wounding.
I have been burgled once, and some of my friends have also been burgled. It's amazing that they can DNA a suspect for murder, but such detection techniques, which would easily identify a burglar, are not applied (apparently the cost outweighs the benefit to the legal system).
I find it amazing that some 17 year old toe rag can steal one car after another, yet all the judicial system does is to ban him from driving (only enforceable if a copper happens to see you breaking into your next car).
A local estate near me was recently plagued by young tearaway's who felt it was their god given right to steal other people's cars, yet the police are powerless to do anything about it.
The misery caused to many by society's delinquents is out of control, yet we have a legal system geared towards keeping this misery makers out of prison.
So, how can prosecuting a file sharer, who isn't making any money from their sharing habit, be proportionate to those arseholes who make day to day living a burden?
Of course, I forgot to mention that Execs don't live in normal areas and probably have security to ensure their Bentley remains where it is...
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