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In actuality, the verdict is not an indictment of file-sharing... only a conviction of TPB operators as accessories to copyright infringement, which is against the law.
This is because the operators made it quite clear that they had nothing but contempt for copyright law, essentially encouraged other copyright scofflaws to post links to illegal material, and made no attempt to police (or ask users to police) the legality of the links. Therefore, they set themselves up as willing accessories to crime.
The message that the courts (and the entertainment industry) should be publicizing is that openly encouraging and willingly assisting criminal activities will not be tolerated. Hopefully they won't overplay their hand and try to issue a blanket condemnation of file-sharing... that would be incredibly stupid on their part.
But we all know they've been that stupid before...
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