If the law were stupid, I'd expect a more robust argument about how it's stupid in the IA's appeal. They are not arguing that.
I have plenty of issues with copyright law as it's currently written and wholeheartedly support copyright reform. That's very different from any one party unilaterally suspending copyright "because of COVID"
Of course the laws are stupid. I dont care what IA said to defend themselves. They could have ineffective counsel. The entire concept of copyright in this historical moment is antithetical to a productive society. It is rent seeking, parasitic behavior. It is unsustainable and completely unenforcable in the digital age. The only mistake IA made is they were upfront about what they were doing. People pirate books all the time. It is trivially easy and there's virtually nothing publishers can do to stop it. And when it comes to law enforcement, the effort it would require to enforce the laws as they are written is obviously not worth it. If the laws are only enforced on good faith actors, what do you suppose that incentivizes? Reform is not possible; corporations control the legal system. The entire paradigm needs to be done away with.
I have plenty of issues with copyright law as it's currently written and wholeheartedly support copyright reform. That's very different from any one party unilaterally suspending copyright "because of COVID"