Even if we accept your premise, laws don't just appear; they are an organized response to a recognized problem. But everyone has been sleeping on the problem l

Even if we accept your premise, laws don't just appear; they are an organized response to a recognized problem. But everyone has been sleeping on the problem lurking in our infrastructure, undermining any impetus to enact such laws. And the people screaming from the mountain top (like Stallman), trying to raise awareness, were routinely mocked and marginalized by those all too happy to accept convenience and expediency, over more sustainable values.