We are now living in the Golden Age of Content Piracy, what with the proliferation of instant exchange and transfer methods, but piracy of intangible goods has

We are now living in the Golden Age of Content Piracy, what with the proliferation of instant exchange and transfer methods, but piracy of intangible goods has been around for over a century, ever since the invention of the gramophone, or even the printing press before it, and the people in control of said goods were always making a fuss out of others "stealing" them. I don't think the problem will ever be solved - it's not even a problem, it must be integrated into the economic model. The only reason why governments would extend the copyright of intangible content is because, as always, corporations and people with money are pushing for it. Indeed, the original authors may not care (because they have other problems, like being dead), but when the copyright holder is an immortal entity such as a corporation, which sees an opportunity to make profit and maintain control, they will do whatever they can, even if it's against society and against progress. Maybe we should have stricter regulation of corporations or even an "expiration" date, but that would be nigh impossible to implement...