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It's called "holding the moral high ground". If the drivers of copyright (mostly large corporations) had taken the highlighted viewpoint in 1998, there might have been a better outcome. (But I doubt it). But instead the public got DCMA and the Sonny Bono Copyright Extension act (The Mickey Mouse Preservation Act, to some). The result has been civil disobedience, a la Rosa Parks. <Shrug> And the civil disobedience gives people nearly free goodies...
How are you going to stuff the bugle call back into the bugle?
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As it happens , I agree with you ( and Mr. Ruen) as regards the copyright terms. But the artists being ripped off by pirates had ZERO to do with the extension of the copyright terms. How does ripping them off constitute a civil disobedience campaign against the people responsible for the extension? So if John hits me I strike back by shooting Harry? That'll show 'em...
Frankly, its easier than that. Piracy and file-sharing happens because its easy, convenient , free and un-punished . Ruen again, from another post:
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FreeLoading has nothing to do with “Free Culture” or progress. It is an act made out of convenience. It is very easy to do. And largely popular. And it’s free. Most people understand that it is illegal and on some level wrong, even if the details of why get hazy very fast. At the end of the day it’s free and nothing is so “convenient” as something you need not earn money or work to obtain. Pretty simple. As a consumer, you can’t find a model more convenient than FreeLoading. Nothing is more convenient than internet free. It asks nothing of us, which tends to go over over pretty well with people, young people especially. That’s not a knock against young people, it’s just the way it is.
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Change the laws and start holding people responsible and that will send out another and different bugle call ( to use a metaphor).