I'll agree that coders, writers, and artists are all in the same position: what we produce is easily copied, so relying on difficulty of copying for our revenue

I'll agree that coders, writers, and artists are all in the same position: what we produce is easily copied, so relying on difficulty of copying for our revenue stream is a bad idea. I'm not sure why you make a distinction between coders and those other groups, here. Also, while I appreciate that this is ultimately the same issue as the death of privacy, there seem to be a lot of people who want to both strengthen privacy laws and abolish copyright. In this sense, you're less confused than that group, anyway. :)