>> Intellectual-property experts agree that existing EU copyright rules need an overhaul for the digital age > Variations of this idea are the root of all the

>> Intellectual-property experts agree that existing EU copyright rules need an overhaul for the digital age > Variations of this idea are the root of all the bullshit Yep. Now people like Richard Stallman are also copyright experts, too. But in general, the bias is goes the other way. I think it's a general phenomenon most (but not all) lawyers specialising in a field favour stricter laws in that field. Imagine you are a specialist copyright lawyer. Your most obvious potential clients are big rights owners, you will try to go to the same parties as them and imbibe their world-view.