The key problem is that copyright infringement by a private individual is regarded by the court as something so serious that it negates the right to privacy. It’s a sign of the twisted values that copyright has succeeded on imposing on many legal systems. It equates the mere copying of a digital file with serious crimes that merit a prison sentence, an evident absurdity.
This is a good example of how copyright’s continuing obsession with ownership and control of digital material is warping the entire legal system in the EU. What was supposed to be simply a fair way of rewarding creators has resulted in a monstrous system of routine government surveillance carried out on hundreds of millions of innocent people just in case they copy a digital file.
Exactly. It’s creepy, but that doesn’t make it illegal. Don’t do it, but it shouldn’t be illegal.
If you’re constantly making awkward posts on their content after being asked to stop, blocked by the individual (and you keep making alts), etc, that could be illegal. But being creepy isn’t and shouldn’t be a crime on its own.