Borrowing from others' arguments, one can argue that such selective and/or one-sided enforcement actually weakens a law or regulation. (Meaning here, no penalt

Borrowing from others' arguments, one can argue that such selective and/or one-sided enforcement actually weakens a law or regulation. (Meaning here, no penalties for abusing the DMCA.) Akin to speed limits. Make them unreasonable, and selectively enforce them -- perhaps for purposes, e.g. revenue generation, other than their ostensible purpose -- and people lose all respect for them. You may attempt to enforcement through force, but you no longer have the public's buy in and willing participation -- something upon which democracy is founded. P.S. I didn't mean for my comment to ride this high on the thread, by virtue of being a response. Nonetheless, my point: We continue to fight e.g. artificial scarcity and strengthening threats, rather than working with efforts to actually improve the public's experience and gain willing participation.