The underlying issue isn't copyright law, as it's a means to an end and has always made this kind of abuse possible. This is retailers using government to crack

The underlying issue isn't copyright law, as it's a means to an end and has always made this kind of abuse possible. This is retailers using government to crack down on secondary markets (markets that deal in used goods, subleasing, reselling tickets, etc); copyright law happens to be a means to that end. You see the same actions with landlords going after airbnb, of course they use a different body of law.