As far as copyright is concerned, it has nothing to do with "reasonable and open to progress". The main differences are: * The powerful copyright-industry most

As far as copyright is concerned, it has nothing to do with "reasonable and open to progress". The main differences are: * The powerful copyright-industry mostly resides in the US. European countries that have somewhat of a copyright industry of their own (France, UK) are considerable less "reasonable". * Success in European elections is way less dependent on corporate financing. Lobbying is way less effective if the politicians you target don't need your money. It's not less corrupt, but more about influence and favors, and the US copyright lobby has relatively little to offer in that respect. In other words: the copyright mafia has less politicians in their pockets, and therefor less influence on public policy.