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When the majority of the public thinks enforcing the law is a bad idea, it's time to change the law. If public sympathy overwhemingly goes to the accused, over and over, the prosecutions may not be in the public interest.
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Yet juries, far more representative of the public than Internet using hipsters, have returned guilty verdicts in most, if not every, case against copyright violators. That may be a better measure of public sympathy towards both downloaders and pirates than folks who benefit from using those networks. Just sayin'.