A couple (alright "a few") thoughts and hopefully a helpful link?
Thought ballon one: The irritating thing about forums is that when a thread falls to snappiness its always frustrating that one is generally restricted from exercising quick violence as a way of making a point. |cool|
Thought ballon two: Like that idiot CEO from Sun Micro has repeated many times "privacy is dead" so I think "copyright is in its last throes". As an artist myself, I can wonder if this is truly a bad thing. The issues are too large to go into here. The only thing I do know is that I don't think it can be a good thing to loose all the public domain potential because Mickey Mouse needs to buy crack for another 25 years.
Thought ballon three: Frustrating as it may be, the web was inherently designed to be hackable and while frustrating at times, is also one of its charms.
Helpful link: Chasing down commercial losses due to infringement can be an arduous, frustrating task. Here's a link that can help you:
http://www.copyscape.com/
