Originally Posted by Dickjagger1

I do get that, but here's the logic that you don't get. There is a big fucking difference between knowing what happens in the house you live in and owning a dozen apartment complexes with 500 units each. If something becomes a big enough problem, a tenant is running a crack house with stabbings and shootings every other day, you step in and evict the tenant to protect yourself and other tenants. But if you tell that owner that he can lose his business and go to jail every time a tenant smokes a joint after dinner, it becomes too risky and he gets out of the apartment business.

Whether you like it or not, copyright is viewed as a minor offense in every jurisdiction and is almost always civil matter, not criminal. CP is viewed as a major crime everywhere right up there with rape and murder, which is why it's treated differently. Love it or hate it, that's the way it is.