[foverzar]

If that's how companies generally operate under the legislation, then yes, it's the legislation that is shitty.

Them's the rules. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

[bluefirebrand]

In this case, "The players" have a direct influence on what becomes a part of the game, through lobbying, campaign finances and whatever other more shady shit corporations get up to in order to stack the deck in their favor.

At some point you have to realize the players are dictating the game, and then yeah, hate them.

[foverzar]

You also have a direct influence through voting, etc. Besides, the "players" here (content hosting platforms) don't lobby anything, you beef is with large IP holders. But that's not the point.

The legislation is bad, because it neither accounts for normal actors that generally would always follow the passive path of least resistance, nor for bad actors that would actively try to abuse the system.

This is basically being upset over the effects of a natural law. You don't blame rocket for exploding, you blame the idiots who designed it that way. And you definitely don't blame the launchpad operators for poor rocket design - that's not even their job.

[anigbrowl]

Why shouldn't I hate the players? That's just some BS used to shrug off accountability.

[foverzar]

What "accountability" are you referring to? They aren't accountable for the poor design of the legislation.