No one really cares how you do it...but you have to comply.
What we should be doing is going back to first principles and asking what we're trying to achieve with the kinds of restrictions that IP laws impose, and what sorts of trade-offs and incentives are in the best interests of our society overall. Laws that serve those purposes should be kept or introduced as necessary, and everyone should comply with them. Laws that no longer serve those purposes or perhaps never really did should be removed.