>Particularly, this case of a prosecutor prosecuting someone under a lawfully passed rule bears scarcely more relation to the Nazis than to unicorns.
There is a distinctly "just following orders" vibe to the argument that a prosecutor is right to prosecute someone completely regardless of any proportionality of the penalties to the alleged acts of the accused, just because the law allows it.
I don't think many of the pro-prosecution folks are arguing that she's right to prosecute solely because she can according to the law. That is just one factor, at least for me. I can also see several good arguments for the law's existence, and the way I model the prosecutor's mind, she can too and views this prosecution as necessary to uphold the rights of content owners.
There is a distinctly "just following orders" vibe to the argument that a prosecutor is right to prosecute someone completely regardless of any proportionality of the penalties to the alleged acts of the accused, just because the law allows it.