[malwrar]

> Okay, but I don't get what type of innovations are being stifled right now?

I think they mean derivative works. If one wanted to make e.g. a fan-made Star Wars movie or open source version of a closed source game, under the current regime they could and have been sued into oblivion. Tons of examples of this occurring for media. In software, copyright is used by trillion dollar entities to bully smaller projects aiming for things like interoperability to be distributed.