> Surely the law prohibits all copyright infringement, not just infringement of companies with lawyers and deep pockets. No. The DMCA is capricious by design i

> Surely the law prohibits all copyright infringement, not just infringement of companies with lawyers and deep pockets. No. The DMCA is capricious by design in that if ceases to provide safe harbor if too much copyright infringement is going on. Hence allowing people to pirate the properties of small rightsholder but not larger ones is a valid way to retain safe harbor.