said by Michieru2:It should be a misdemeanor not a civil offense.
then RIAA would no longer be fully involved and instead it would be the job of DA's around the country, most DA's have much better thing to do then go after someone that "pirated something" plus we don't have room in prison for all these people that would be getting sent for "pirating". I don't see it becoming misdemeanor offense anytime soon.