I dunnot say that what I could be doing downloading this kind of program is legal.
But the thing is... There is no international copyrights law
Someone can only be judged by the country of his nationality or by the country where he resides...
The MPAA or the RIAA have ABSOLUTLY no power outside the US (cf: the pirate bay case)
Just like a private company or association is not allowed to fix fines to anyone for copyright infragment outside of the US.
The only way for them to get to me is to lobby my country's judicial services to have them get to me.
Then the justice of my country will be the sole judge of my actions. Not even counting that eventhough I secured my router the way it has to be secured, I got "hacked" (hate this word that does not mean anything today anymore) and I am not the one who dwnloaded it but someone else who used my connection without my consent (to simplify, they still have to prove that I REALLY was the person downloading the program).
France is desperatly trying to do what the can to , but it is just impossible for now. AND the worst I can get is having my internet connection canceled.
(check out this link to see the french mess hahahah:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HADOPI_law )
While I understand that in the US, things are different and more "risky", impunity still prevails in europe.
EDIT: sorry about that Will, that is my last post on the subject... Got carried away again lol