But it Wasn't Intentional

I've been reading Lawrence Lessig's book, Free Culture. Great, great book about the argument for copyright reform.

This passage examines how current copyright law is inefficient in the context of how content acts on the web.

When at least forty-three million citizens download content from the Internet, and when they use tools to combine that content in ways unauthorized by copyright holders, the first question we should be asking is not how best to involved the FBI. The first question should be whether this particular prohibition is really necessary in order to achieve the proper ends that copyright law serves. Is there another way to assure that artists get paid without transforming forty-three million Americans into felons? Does it make sense if there are other ways to assure the artists get paid without transforming America into a nation of felons?