Perhaps if you've drank the imaginary property kool aid. How does what they actually did differ from what I said? I see nothing about them stealing the original copies or forcing people to download from them.
Clearly, they're not in trouble for sending emails. The emails were simply the evidence of the crime they got caught carrying out.
I get more upset by the companies getting hacked once their negligent practices come to light.
And despite all this the subject has become a routine talking point for censorship proponents, nicely demonstrating a warped framework that prioritizes centralized whims over individual rights.
If it's just the number, i.e. "A cc with number X exists", I'm ok with that.
If they use the number to make purchases, that's a criminal offence separate from knowledge of the number per se.
Think of it like this: seeing a person get murdered isn't a crime. Facilitating murder in any way is.