[Golden Eagle]

No, there is a difference between "illegal" and "criminal", if you follow the links above back to antiRepublican's defense of the Russian hacker's distribution of OSX cracks, search for the word "criminal" and look at how many times he basically admits it was illegal but claims it couldn't have been criminal. It's obvious he understands the literal difference, but was caught here trying to merge the two together to lower the bar for criminal actions, whereas before he was claiming a much more serious offense was simply illegal but not criminal. That's his game though, talk in circles, and baffle the casual reader with BS, it's too bad you fell for it, although I'm sure he's grinning about it.

[Petronski]

Of course there's a difference between illegal and criminal. But the "criminal" status of an act does not depend on whether there has yet been a conviction, or even a prosecution.

A statute can make an act criminal even if that act is never prosecuted.

[Petronski]

...it's too bad you fell for it...

I haven't fallen for anything.