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Kind of - technically - but realistically no. The government is treating it more akin to theft than copyright infringement.

If an artist steals another's work and makes some money off of it, the federal government isn't going to step in and help. It'd be up to the artist (or copyright holder) to sue for damages. Assuming the case is clear, the artist would get money from the offender. The offender rarely goes to jail. If the offender instead stole the art from the artist's home, then they might get criminal charges.



I don't get what you mean when you say "technically no", since you pretty much made the case for the point.

The govt is accusing them of fraud (a kind of theft) in how they acquired the movies initially. This is indeed a white collar crime.




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