But all the time, we, through our actions as individuals, demonstrate what we value as a society. And I think we’ve all made it pretty clear that our opinions about copyright have really shifted. I just don’t think the laws have caught up to that yet.
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Do musicians and content makers benefit from piracy? | Marketplace from American Public Media
This is the crux of the matter, as far as I can tell. Our behavior as a society demonstrates a de facto stance regarding the moral and economic practicalities of piracy that is wildly at odds with existing law — and even more wildly at odds with what entertainment lobbyists would like the law to be. That means that that either the culture needs to change, or the law needs to be revised (in the direction of greater realism), or both.
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