The whole point of having the law laid out James is so that we dont have to guess what they are up to, the agencies you cite are with the exception of the RIAA/MPAA government agencies and they do not take part in civil litigation.
Its not a criminal offence to download or upload, it is a civil offence to upload, downloading is not an offence at all, a breif read through the news threads should have made this clear.
As Bearded quite correctly states it is an criminal offence to download, upload or even have in your possesion child abuse materials
As to wondering what our "friends" are up to, rest assured folks on this side of the water are always silently beavering away too, as demonstrated by the fact that regardless of claims made some time ago that the filtering and blocking would be defeated it has not been, but its not through their lack of trying.