Very piracy, but okay for the big guy.
But go ahead and pretend that this is the same as the cheap-ass behavior of some stoned pirate who can't bring himself to pay for content and uses Lessig as a justification for his thievery.
And "Steamboat Bill" didn't?
I fail to see the difference outside of the fact that Grimm et. Al didn't have a small army OF lawyers to say otherwise.
It's just wrong for the pro piracy crowd to use this as an excuse to justify their theft.
My main point wasn't really about modern pirates. The internet cabal will define however they want to fit their own notions.
It was more about artists treated as "thieves" by companies like Disney that themselves have done "copyright infringement" to get themselves off the ground (by the definition they defined over the past century).
Theft is taking something away from someone. Copying by definition doesn't. Pretending it's equivalent to, or even similar to, "theft" is ridiculous.
and
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-105publ147
If the terminology is good enough for the DoJ and Congress, it’s good enough for an internet forum.
I don’t like this movement to memoryhole the debate we had in the ‘90s through wordsmithing.
Maybe you should take a second read of the original, Grimm's version.