So software is different. Copyright law does, therefore, not seem to me to be the problem in that regard. But the problem is not copyright, but the power of corporations. If you envision a world where copyright is owned by the creators and sold directly to users, I think most problems disappear. The rest goes to distribution and profits of corporations.
Books have a similar cost structure.
The problem is that corporations are trying to maintain their power and users are rightly trying take that power away. The Internet has upset the traditional power structure and these groups are trying to re-establish a balance that works for them alone. The power will shift from the corporations to users naturally. But it is unjust, I think, if users want to take the creation without compensation to the creators. Because creators and users need each other.