I really don't like the idea of the government playing cop for the media companies This seems like a silly argument. It's the Government's job to "play cop". I

I really don't like the idea of the government playing cop for the media companies This seems like a silly argument. It's the Government's job to "play cop". I mean, that's why, as you may have noticed, actual cops are government employees. Protecting property rights, whether physical or intellectual, is part of the Government's job. You can argue about the execution of it if you like, and you can even argue about whether existing intellectual property laws are just. But complaining that the government is "playing cop" seems misguided.