We could, but is that the best alternative?

Despite everything I've said here until now I'm not against creators receiving fair recompense for their efforts. What I'm against is the enormous inequity in copyright law which seriously disadvantages consumers. I believe it is not in the best economic or strategic interests of the nation for such inequity to exist—in fact, I reckon it's very damaging.

Solving the copyright problem won't be easy because it has its roots in a much bigger issue—that of social inequity and inequality.