Until the passage of the Piracy and Counterfeiting Amendments Act in 1982, a first-time charge of copyright infringement was merely a misdemeanor charge, federal prosecutors being unlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers, while offenders were subject to relatively small penalties.

• Acharge, federal prosecutors being unlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers, while offenders were  
• Bcharge, with federal prosecutors who were unlikely to pursue criminal copyright infringers, offenders being  
• Ccharge, federal prosecutors unlikely to pursue criminal copyright infringers, while offenders were  
• Dcharge; therefore, federal prosecutors were unlikely in pursuing criminal copyright infringers and offenders being  
• Echarge; therefore, federal prosecutors were unlikely to pursue criminal copyright infringers, and offenders were