“and no laws should exist to protect fools from themselves”
That is your opinion, however trademark and copyright laws are foundational constitutional principles and bootlegging copies is currently illegal and is a form of theft.
You can pretend otherwise and and dance around with your semantics, but the bottom line is your opinion is a minority and doesn’t sqaure with current law or the founder’s ideal.
"Word Nazis", we all should be.
your opinion is a minority and doesn’t sqaure with current law or the founder’s ideal.
The founders paid no attention to anything like this, and judging by the number of downloaders my view might very well be with the majority.
Either way, the industry is doomed. No laws will change that.