This is incorrect (in the normal civil context), as discussed elsewhere in this thread.

But also, I'm suggesting criminally charging the individual officers, not the government. Police officers are not generally immune to criminal laws, so citation requested that they would be in this instance (it is possible, there are certainly some weird exceptions in the law for LEO, but I'm not aware of one here).

>"But also, I'm suggesting criminally charging the individual officers, not the government."

You might have a problem with prosecution agreeing to prosecute such case I think.

False:

https://www.nolo.com/legal-updates/u-s-postal-service-liable...

I am glad to be proven wrong.

States indeed have sovereign immunity from copyright lawsuits:

> On March 23, 2020, the Supreme Court held that the provisions of the Copyright Act subjecting states to liability for infringement did not validly abrogate states’ sovereign immunity from suit. As a result, copyright owners suffering infringement by state entities cannot seek the remedies provided by the Copyright Act.

https://www.copyright.gov/policy/state-sovereign-immunity/

Correct, though the assertion here was that the Federal government has immunity.

Practically speaking it almost does not matter in this context. Cops playing music will most likely be state cops, not feds.

Police are typically city or county (latter are sheriffs in most states). Not specifically state government in those cases. There are state police, and usually, state highway patrol.

In that context, this action as described in the article would itself be an interesting counterargument to the SCOTUS decision / Library of Congress Copyright Office finding.

That covers suits against states, not against the US government.

The state exemption is apparently based on a sovereignity clause, though ... that seems somewhat twisted and wrong to me.

I'm thinking of ways that might exploit this.

Say, for the sake of argument, that a state government decided it wanted to host and provide legal cover for Sci-Hub.

Or an entity of state government. Maybe, say, the University of California Library.