Might be more than a sell out.

Legislative assemblies exist to create laws. US and Canadian Governments are law making machines. This is one of the reasons why so many lawers become ministers. At first this is not a problem but as time goes on we end up having more and more laws. The system that is supposed to protect our freedom becomes a system that makes a criminal out of just about everyone in the country. The current Copyright law is just one example of the law making machine creating more criminals.

Making everyone a criminal sure opens the door for awful things. For one thing it permits discrimination against groups.

When just about everone in the country breaks the law those with power can pick and choose who you want to arrest. Tyranny within a democracy.

Our current legislative system is showing signs of decay. This copyright issue is just a display of inherent deficiencies.

Our Justice System and Policing Systems are alsow showing signs of decay. You can't have the law, justice and policing system degrading at the same time and expect to keep the same level of freedom.