Time for patents and copyrights to have a minimum monthly fee and the fees be based on the abound of revenue generated. Congress has ignored the limited time clause of the constitution, ruining those who pay for copyright and patent protections the opportunity to be paid back with the content going to the public domain.
Then we’ll care about the pirates.
Good point.
Also, the very idea of “intellectual property” is a paradigm from a bygone era that isn’t sustainable anymore. There is no feasible way to protect IP now that pretty much everyone on the planet has a device in their pocket that can replicate any picture, motion picture, or audio with the click of a few buttons. I’m sure we’ll try to keep propping this system up, but we’re doomed to failure.
What happens when “mobile devices” become just a chip implanted into our brains? Anything we see or hear we will be able to copy to permanent storage and share with anyone else. How are they going to police that?