Yes, yes it should. But that’s a different act than the one being discussed here.

Technically, copyright infringement is committed by the entity making and sending the copy, not the entity receiving it. Leeching could indeed remove liability.

I’m not sure if the courts have cared about that nuance when persecuting the ‘small fish,’ but I bet they would in this ‘big fish’ case.

I’d almost like to think an LLC would be enough, but I suspect that only works if you also have a billion in VC funding and political connections.

Par for the course. Nazis have done the same thing to everything from Pepe the frog to the swastika itself.