Perhaps.
The media industries have been quite successful in going after kids torrenting movies.
I suspect they'll have less luck going after big tech & an industry drowning in money inflows.
Keep in mind various large techs have already issued blanket indemnities on infringement to their customers. They're absolutely committed & are gonna throw enough lawyers at this to keep everyone busy until 2030.
>They can afford to be responsible members of society here
oh absolutely agree, but they're not going to do that. This is an industry built on questionable practices like tracking after all
I always felt that we already had a solution - I can already get all those images from a web search. Where the law currently intervenes is when I try and distribute works based on close copies of them. Why is this insufficient?
The existence of widespread illegal means to procure something doesn't mean that we don't and shouldn't require legitimate businesses to abide by the law or require them to make amends for their current transgressions.