I agree — and I make my living with intellectual property. My competitors freely copy my merchandise — and I welcome their piracy. It pushes me to constantly come up with new, different, and more profitable ideas.
There is a general public perception that record labels and publishers loot the copyrights of the artists who actually produce the "content". What most people don't realize is that people in technical fields are similarly affected. When you take any high-tech job, or contract for one, the "creator" routinely signs away his IP rights to his employer. You come up with a profitable new idea, and someone on Mahogany Row gets a new watchband for his Rolex as he tosses you out on the street and outsources your job to India.
Meanwhile, a lot of basic scientific research has moved off to Asia because American scientists can't do research without tripping over some submariner's all-encompassing patent. It's like walking blindfold through a roomful of rakes.
If Congress can't come up with a way of keeping IP rights in the hands of the people who actually create the work, it's time to bust the system and let our creative instincts run free.