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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
A distinction without consequence for the ones growing the corn in their backyard for their own--what I can only assume you meant--consumption. And even that situation is not nearly so simple as you've tried to make it sound in order to further your penchant for pretending your self-guided legal "research" somehow lends your notions more credence than any other Not A Lawyer hack on the internet.
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Ah yes, the old sneer defense. You can't disagree with the idea that judges don't always decide according to the the common sense reading of the law, so you simply sneer. The consequences to Filburn, the farmer in question, was that he had to pay a fine for producing more wheat than the Federal government said he could. It was one of the most famous Commerce cases.
One does not need to be a lawyer to read about law and express an opinion, anyone than one has to be an author to have an opinion on books. Facts are facts, you don't have to have a special degree in order to discuss those facts.
Of course your argument is also hypocritical. Unless you have a law degree and are an expert on copyright law, then you seem to think it's ok for you to assert your opinion, but if anyone should disagree with that opinion, then it's not allowed and dismissed out of hand.