Fortunately that has never happened nor will it happen here.

Those two concepts do not stand on equal footing.

The former is codified in law based originally on sound, good intentions. Sadly, many people confuse bad implementations with the core concept and use their naivete to rationalize improper responses.

The latter is pure subjective opinion based on an individual's income, lifestyle and comfort zone.

We have the power to change things, but the majority chooses the easy way out rather than acting collectively to effect change. Every instance of piracy, IP violation, or what have you, is an instance of undermining efforts toward true solutions that benefit us all. If we instead acted collectively, we could force the out-of-touch powers that be into submission-- or even extinction.