That analogy would work if countries with large numbers of privately owned handguns were as safe as (otherwise comparable) countries where such guns were banned

That analogy would work if countries with large numbers of privately owned handguns were as safe as (otherwise comparable) countries where such guns were banned. I think we can agree at least that countries which ban communication tools have worse human rights records than countries which don't restrict them as much. Also, I don't dispute the media industry's premise that a government which had complete control over all software installed on people's computers could decide to reduce the amount of copyright infringement.