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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Well obviously the mainstream media would ignore it, just like they ignored the Oink case when he was found not guilty (despite TV news being there with cameras at the time of his arrest). But that is no longer a barrier to people finding out about such things. When people see crimes they don't care about getting much harsher sentences than crimes they do care about (like old lady-mugging) they will start to question it.
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Your naivete is touching.
Seriously, though. No one really cares about criminals. Theft, fraud, and hitting an old lady are already about the same level of offense (unless you really bash the old lady), low level felonies...if Tenenbaum received an equivalent sentence, the public at large would not care.
(I'm not sure why you think that copyright infringement would be "much harsher" than battery on an old lady, though)