This article put it quite well, I think:
A short guide to the Copyright Wars
My social timeline has been abuzz with the latest copyright decision regarding the Internet Archive, which lost its appeal in the copyright lawsuit from Hachette. In the words of a colleague, this …
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"Both camps tend to accuse the other of serving the interests of large corporations. The truth is that no matter what your stance is on copyright, you will always be aligned with some corporate interests. The reason for this is simple: there are corporate interests on both sides of the debate, and that is inescapable given the fact that we live in a capitalist system bent on the accumulation of wealth."