> "The librarian wants free content, and the copyright office is there to protect creators of content. They are diametrically opposed ideologies"

Well, that's an insane viewpoint.

Creative Commons and free culture licenses exist to maintain both!

> "You don't make any money from recording music anymore," he said. "The streaming services have wiped out that revenue stream."

Ah. So your company has failed to keep pace with what your audience wants, and so is falling apart. Your answer is to use copyright like a sledgehammer, rather than trying to understand the current market.