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No 1 isn't a startup problem: it's regular political corruption. An industry cartel looking to preserve or expand on billions in revenue paid politicians to ensure that with stronger copyright laws. That's on top of their business practices they control. The combination keeps them rich on monopolies in an industry they control rather than the artists the laws are supposedly there for. Similar claims can be made for US patent system as well with big companies suppressing innovation with them or trolls draining the economy. Similar concepts. The people did nothing to counter these with many not even knowing companies were paying for these laws or with what effects. One result among many on copyright side is the legitimate buyers of content might have to deal with the experience in the link below since it can be a felony to do otherwise.

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So, the solution to this very political problem might be one of the following:

1. Creating non-profit organizations that collect dues to lobby on behalf of voters against corporate interests. They'll need to have focused legislation and marketing to reach a lot of people. They'll need a lot of money to outspend the plutocrats who have piles of money. The competition will at least be happening where the root problem is to eliminate some things like bans on reverse engineering, the severity of punishment for filesharing, or changes to copyright itself that limits labels control over business models. The rest will follow after root causes are solved at level of corrupt politicians introducing them.

2. They eliminate all politicians doing that in ways that cause consumers harm. This might take a combo of political campaigns for replacements plus media campaigns about harms predecessors were/are doing. Copyright/patent system would be but one. Might also try to get the new politicians to pass laws limiting donations by private parties with corporate ones eliminated entirely. Taxpayers themselves will pay whoever wins a fortune plus subsidize various stages of the election process so they work for us. Bribes will be felonies leading to life in prison.

This is all kind of like how we say certain things like governments banning encryption are political rather than technical problems. The people's action in legal system and media are needed to solve them. Lawmakers that will constantly do what's in incumbents' interests, even imprisoning innovators making alternatives, have to be fought at their level for best results. I mean, do combine as many methods of resistance as possible. Just startups or tech alone aren't the solution if problem starts with laws paid for with bribes.