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Unlike victims of gun crimes, the victims of copyright violation have the money and lobbying power to effect change.

Unlike victims of gun crimes, the victims of copyright violation do not need to contend with a fundamental right to effect change.

While that certainly does factor in, it normally just means that it takes longer for it to change. And well, people have been murdered with guns for centuries already, so I think those would cancel each other out.

No, unlike gun owners and manufacturers, software developers have no effective lobbying organization and get treated liked 2nd class citizens. No one fears angering software developers before an election.

I agree with you (regarding gun owners as a protected class) and I believe our two claims are complementary rather than adversarial.

> No, unlike gun owners and manufacturers, software developers have no effective lobbying organization

They just haven't been clever enough to organize their own customers, or some other mass front, politically the way the gun industry has.

I think your reversing that, as the customers are out front. That's the mistake that keeps getting made by the NRA's opponents. The NRA is only effective because its people over industry. Industry-lead groups need a whole lot more funding to be effective.

Any software developer that is looking for leadership from the software industry is going to be very disappointed. Often, the industry doesn't really have the best instance of developers in mind.

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