Nothing about this case is criminal, certainly not yet! Claims of copyright infringement are a legal dispute between two or more parties, none of them the government, which makes this a CIVIL case, not a criminal one. If, and only if, the civil case results in a judgment against the DT or Mudcat,and the DT or Mudcat THEN does not comply with the cease and desist order, does anything approaching criminality come into it. First, they have to prove that there is a copyright infringement; then they have to prove you're doing nothing about it.

Of course, you should consult a lawyer about this.

Or move the database to a place beyond the reaches of the law, like Abkhazia or North (Turkish) Cyprus.

--Charlie Baum