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I didn't equate the laws themselves, I equated the people struggling to change them.

You could apply it to any law in history that has been changed through the action of a few people.



Not to get too meta, but you did both. Consider this:

For all the people arguing this is glorifying breaking the law, it's worth keeping in mind all the people that stood up against raising the speed limit to 65 in the southern US states, or requiring seat belts in cars, or any number of laws that were considered "immutable" and carried severe penalties.

Yes, these actions are against current laws, but at citizens of the world we have a responsibility to stand up and make our voices heard if we ever hope to change anything. Many people will go to jail and pay big fines in the near future, but that is the way it has always been to influence great change.

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That extra oomph that's missing is you equating the apartheid and segregation laws (and their egregious nature) to copyright law. While I agree with your underlying point, the solution isn't to blow things out of proportion and compare them to some heinous human rights laws. It's a short hop from there to Nazis, a la Godwin's Law.

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People going to jail for copyright infringement, which should really be a civil offense at best is pretty heinous in my books.

It's not apartheid but I find it (the punishment) really odd that it's acceptable in today's world.




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