It is inaccurate to present the mood or shareholders as being identical to the mood of the nation as a whole. This article examines some of the problems that the entertainment industry has encountered as it tries to maintain its copyright protection in the Internet Age. While the article notes how copyright enforcement has become much more difficult as a result of the Internet and the spread of digital technology, it never questions whether the copyright system is the best way to support creative and artistic work. This is an obvious question that should have been addressed in a lengthy analysis such as this. The article also never notes the main distinction between intellectual property and other forms of property.
Intellectual property is non-exclusive.
This means that any individual can listen to music or see a video on the web, without in any way reducing the ability of any other individual to hear the same music or see the same video. This is not true for other types of property like land, food, or clothes. This is the source of the problem in copyright enforcement, since it involves imposing a price on a service that the market could deliver at zero cost. These articles all discuss proposals put forward by the presidential candidates for Social Security and Medicare. They all include assertions suggesting that these programs are in need of reform or repair.