Clever HarryT, you removed the single sentence of my post that talked about physical harm not being present in the wrong act
I don't think any reasonable person would disagree that killing someone through an act of negligence still merits some punishment, however not the same punishment as the act of killing someone with the
intent of killing someone. Or any other physically harmful act.
But this particular wrong act causes no physical harm, and that makes all the difference on how far bodies of overseeing should go in preventing it, in my opinion. And it's quite unfair, and prejudicial, to compare downloading something without permission from the creator, to killing.
The basic premise, as has been stated before, is that in a modern judicial system, the accuser must prove their claim. You are arguing that the accused must prove they are innocent. Innocent people
will get caught by that kind of thinking, whether it's by ignorance of their responsibilities, willfully looking the other way, or simply not being able to generate a decent legal defense.
It is unconscionable that we would harm an unknown amount of innocents to pursue others,
particularly when there is no physical harm done!