> in the case of using Google as a search engine, the search query essentially indicates intent. If I search Google for "pirated movies" [...] My intent is clearly to pirate movies,
I dunno, I think there are plenty of legitimate reasons to search Google for "pirated movies" other than pirating them. Maybe you want to find out whether your movie is being pirated; maybe you want to find out which movies are most pirated right now (you're doing research, or you're a journalist, or you're a sociologist, or an investor, or a police officer, or whatever); maybe you want to learn more about the law of "pirated movies"; maybe you're looking for an old blog post or newspaper article that you know contained the term, or was about, "pirated movies"; etc, etc.
In general, I think it's extremely difficult to demonstrate anything about intent or state of mind from search queries alone... you would have to provide more contextual evidence.
I dunno, I think there are plenty of legitimate reasons to search Google for "pirated movies" other than pirating them. Maybe you want to find out whether your movie is being pirated; maybe you want to find out which movies are most pirated right now (you're doing research, or you're a journalist, or you're a sociologist, or an investor, or a police officer, or whatever); maybe you want to learn more about the law of "pirated movies"; maybe you're looking for an old blog post or newspaper article that you know contained the term, or was about, "pirated movies"; etc, etc.
In general, I think it's extremely difficult to demonstrate anything about intent or state of mind from search queries alone... you would have to provide more contextual evidence.