It's becoming more clear that the pain of this transition back to the "natural order" where laws are incapable of protecting ideas and their reduction to words,

It's becoming more clear that the pain of this transition back to the "natural order" where laws are incapable of protecting ideas and their reduction to words, music, or other form will be great. I'm not against efforts to resist this transition as it will give societies more time to adjust. But the shift appears inevitable eventually. This 1-2 century period of tight IP controls could be seen as a blip on radar after a few more generations die and are replaced by younger generations whose views are already moving quickly in that direction.