No more legislation

DCMA, SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA are all attempts to bridge real world laws to the digital world.  It is argued that our current laws are outdated and can’t deal with the explosive growth of technology and the new problems that creates.  And yet, I’m not so certain we need a lot of technology specific legislation.  If stealing a record, cassette tape, or cd is wrong, and most would probably agree that it is, then stealing an mp3 should not be any different.  Laws already exist that punish physical and intellectual theft; these could be made to apply to the biggest areas of concern in the digital world, which are also types of theft: entertainment piracy, hacking, etc. Instead of passing technology specific legislation we should let the courts decide on a case by case basis how our current laws apply in a digital context.

http://www.newser.com/article/d9sjvs0g0/dutch-supreme-court-forcing-teen-to-drop-virtual-objects-in-online-game-was-real-world-theft.html