Originally Posted by panel45

I appreciate your passion, and I assure you, my disdain for piracy is as fervent as yours. I have assisted many in battling against it.

However, your comment suggests you might not fully grasp how the legal system operates in the United States. Litigation is not about taking a broad view and assessing whether a situation generally seems fair or not. It's composed of numerous intricate parts, each of which is scrutinized in a mostly isolated context to minimize bias.

To provide a stark illustration: Consider a scenario where a man commits rape and a week prior to the incident, the woman who becomes his victim had stolen his watch, leading to his arrest. The law identifies two separate crimes here, rape, a heinous crime with severe penalties, and theft, which, although lesser in magnitude, is still a criminal act that warrants prosecution. The court won't say, 'Well, you raped this person, so we can overlook their theft of your watch.' Each offense is independently evaluated to ensure justice is served.

A litigation process is complex, and a defendant may identify grounds for a counterclaim in the course of motion practice. For instance, let's say you forget to serve them properly. They can counterclaim that their defense was compromised due to improper service, causing them to lose investors due to the complaint. They might argue that the case could have been resolved quickly if they'd been appropriately informed. Here, we have a counterclaim that requires legal representation to handle—increasing the cost of litigation.