Copyright has put such a serious restraint on the public that we have become prohibited from ever owning our own culture. I'll die long before the public owns

Copyright has put such a serious restraint on the public that we have become prohibited from ever owning our own culture. I'll die long before the public owns any work created in my lifetime. Was bootlegging immoral? It certainly could be, but prohibition created such an oppressive environment that it was necessary. The same goes with Micky Mouse copyright law. Decades old TV shows lost to time, no name bands disappearing from the shelves at Walmart, and Wedding Photos aging beyond the point of restoration require we infringe out of cultural preservation. Describing it as theft, or a crime is not relevant. The infringement is necessary.