The EU isn't a whole lot better on this particular issue at the moment. But it's basically inevitable, as younger jurists and legislators take power. The idea

The EU isn't a whole lot better on this particular issue at the moment. But it's basically inevitable, as younger jurists and legislators take power. The idea that digital property is ephemeral is just a quirk of IP law which can be changed with the stroke of a pen. Digital property intuitively is personal property, and they'll only be able to weasel their way around this fact with contract law and "licenses" for so long.