Re:Copyright infringment illegal. So what? (Score 1)

Um, time to take that High School civics class again. We DON'T live in a democracy, we live in a REPUBLIC. That means that laws do not necessarily reflect what a majority of people want. The government is designed to protect the rights of everyone, including those of people who are not powerful, famous or popular. Sometimes that means that the law sticks up for the little guy (the minority) and makes sure that his rights are protected and not trampled upon by a mob (in this case, the techno-mob).

Do you think that in 1954 when the Supreme Court was deciding Brown vs. the Board of Education that a majority of people in the U.S. wanted integration, or would have VOTED for it? Get a clue!

(Furthermore, there are 278 million people in the U.S. 20 million is a lot, but not a majority. Of those 20 million -- how many are of legal age to vote anyway?)

So far, I'm not impressed with the "enlightened self interest" of music fans.