@Play and Seb: even my mom does that. She'll go 5, 10 maybe 15 miles over the speed limit but when a police is parked at the corner or whatever its like SCREEEEEEEEECH.
The only thing that keeps people from breaking the law is the threat of consequences, such as paying a ticket or going to jail.
But hundreds of thousands of people download pirated files all the time, and the authorities dont have the time to devote to hunting them all down and fining them. They have more important things to do like rape or murder cases.
So the crime goes on.
And also, the only people who get affected by piracy ARE the moviemakers, artists and game makers. And nobody really notices them or cares about them in the backround.
Kinda sad.