William Patry, Google copyright counsel, but not speaking for Google. Copyright expert, author and law professor, all in the copyright area. Legal system should not be used to solve business problems, even when there are legal issues. Legal system is bad place to seek closure to a business problem.
Copyright industry feels that more laws and better laws will solve their business problems. Piracy is not a legal problem it is a market problem. It is a failure to give the consumer what they want. There is a belief that sending someone to jail will increase the bottom line and this simply isn’t true.
Stronger laws will not cause consumers to buy things. Laws cannot turn an unprofitable business into a profitable business. Copyright does not create economic value in and those who call for stronger laws think that it does. Too many people use copyright as a way to avoid innovating and to hold on to the status quo.
Always refreshing to see somebody with a grasp on reality. Pity nobody will listen to a word he says.
I guess he would know.