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by nitrogen 5228 days ago
Voir dire will be used to make sure nobody who's ever downloaded anything sits on the jury, just as with Thomas-Rasset.
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Do such people actually exist this day and age? Someone might not have downloaded anything themselves, but how likely it is they don't enjoy watching a downloaded movie with their grandkids from time to time?
I don't doubt that many of them exist, or at least don't know they don't exist.

After tossing out four jurors (the ones who had the most experience with file-sharing friends)... - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/jury-selecte...

Judge Gertner repeatedly sided with the plaintiffs, who objected to the presence on the jury of those who essentially admitted to the same activity of which Tenenbaum, a 25-year-old Boston University graduate student, stands accused. - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/tenenbaum-tr...

So much for "trial by a jury of your peers"...
Our descent into fascism continues.