Also consider the paradox that business software is often more freely available than personal software. To use almost anything from Oracle, I can just download it myself! But to use Netflix there's all this DRM stuff that gets in the way. Why? Because Oracle can sue businesses that illegally use their software--anti-piracy is enforced.
It would be so much better for society if I could use quality personal software on my personal information. If I could freely redistribute media, make mixes to distribute amongst friends, mash stuff up and make original art without having to pirate or crack DRM...
It's funny, because you first say "Business software is cool because it isn't controlled by DRM, which is because piracy is minimal". Then you say, "I wish more software was like business software, so I could pirate it more easily".
I edited much of that out of my original post... but let me respond. The point is that the solutions to piracy treat fair use as though it's just as illegitimate as piracy, with the paradox that you sometimes have to commit piracy to get fair use.
I'm assuming you are talking about things like sharing amongst friends, but I can't find any evidence that is actually covered by fair use.
purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. --Wikipedia, "Fair use"
Certainly you won't get sued for sharing your Metallica record with your friend Bobby, but I don't believe that is related of fair use.
It would be so much better for society if I could use quality personal software on my personal information. If I could freely redistribute media, make mixes to distribute amongst friends, mash stuff up and make original art without having to pirate or crack DRM...
It's funny, because you first say "Business software is cool because it isn't controlled by DRM, which is because piracy is minimal". Then you say, "I wish more software was like business software, so I could pirate it more easily".