How is this different from laws we have in the US where we require people in public protests to be "unmasked"? Example: The KKK used to do their marches in the full hoods and robes. states started passing laws requiring their faces to be revealed during their marches in order to "shame them" into not doing it. Those laws were ruled constitutional because their right to speak is impinged in any way shape or form.

I'm failing to see how this is different. A right to speak is not the same as a right to speak anonymously.

all such a rule would do is 1) force small inventors out of the patent field due to increased costs, and 2) SLAM the USPTO with applications which are virtually identical but have different claims instead of 20 claims in one patent, you'd have 20 patents, each with one claim.

IAAPA

Interestingly enough (from the wiki article on reboot) "On June 1, 2008, it was announced that there will be a trilogy of ReBoot films coming to theaters. Jon Cooksey was assigned to write the script for the first film, but as of August 2008, he was dropped due to Rainmaker deciding to take a different direction with the story. At this time, it is unknown who will replace him.[10] The films are expected to follow a different story from the comic, but the overall plan is to continue the methodology in terms of engaging the fans.[11] The movie is currently listed as in development on the IMDB website. It is currently listed for release in 2010. A teaser trailer for the film was released on October 5, on Rainmaker's official site." The current production company that owns the rights to "ReBoot" bought out Mainframe Inc. (creator of ReBoot) explicitly to get the rights to the show. Although the current crop of movies may be closer to duke nukem forever than is desirable.

what gives "the contradictor"?

you bastards just totally F'd up my productivity for the day.

alternately you could use a better damages analogy and say "can you imagine if I stole 7 pieces of jerky, broke it into bits and sold all those bits to several million people at a price of $1.00 per person"

See, the problem with your thinking is she's not being sued for downloading anything. She is being sued for uploading it to other people. HUGE difference.