If you haven't read it, I highly recommend Cory Doctorow's book "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation." I originally had low expectations th

If you haven't read it, I highly recommend Cory Doctorow's book "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation." I originally had low expectations that anybody would have a reasonable answer, and mainly purchased it to support the author making it available DRM free, but have been very impressed with the analysis. Relevant to this issue, Cory discusses how this (ab)use of copyright is what enables gigantic tech companies and walled gardens, because competing with them is not a technical problem, but rather a legal problem. He's right! (At least for now until the wet dreams of the DRM people are realized and there's hardware DRM baked into everything). If people could without fear of lawyers build stuff, big tech would have to compete on merits and user experience rather than wielding armies of IP lawyers and legal threats. [1]: https://craphound.com/internetcon/ https://craphound.com/internetcon/