>if you have the capability, you're free to copy & distribute what you have access to or not.

Well, you can do anything you like with the freedoms you have as enshrined in the legal framework that applies to your domicile. Do you also respect the freedom of a creator to choose a license and a distribution method of their liking for their works? It seems like you don't.

> What I'm saying is that it is not 'entitlement' on the part of the copier, but entitlement on the part of the copyright holder to expect to hold dominion over other people's capabilities.

But the fact is that one of those people is on firm legal ground, and the other one isn't.

>Which isn't to say there's anything wrong with copyright laws, per se.

Well, your comments seem to indicate that you find many things wrong with the copyright law.