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Communities that generate and/or profit off of "intellectual property" ought to have a rudimentary understanding of the laws involved. Doubly so if they're protesting what they see as violations of those laws. It honestly does not take a lawyer to understand the distinctions at play here.

People that complain very vocally about some issue, should at least bother to research what they are talking about...

I fully expect self called artist to know the law that protect their own means of living

When I took my graphic design class in college, there was a big chunk about copyright and trademark. We had to be very cautious about images we were using and the difference between the two was drilled into our heads.