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Originally Posted by HansTWN
If, as some of you claim, Iphinome's views are those of the "vast majority" then soon millions of letters will be arriving at lawmakers' offices and the laws will be changed. Apparently, not enough people seem to share that view, though.
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If you read my post above, you will see that I argue the "vast majority" of people hold
no views on the matter. Most people don't think too hard about complex ideas like copyright or philosophy. Even most of those whose rudimentary ideas on the subject are close to Iphinome's are probably not politically active enough (either out of apathy or due to cynicism about the political system) to try to petition their public representatives. So by the time it is all said and done, those representatives only see a minor fraction of their constituency actually caring and opposing the relevant laws, and therefore feel they can ignore them with impunity. And the sad part is, they are largely right.