Hubris in the area of copyright is not new [1] nor novel. It is unfortunate that we (me too) fail to learn from the path trodden by others. There are things about US Copyright law that are quite over the top [2] that should be repealed or fixed [3], but disagreeing with it doesn't it suddenly legal. Back in the day when I did a lot of music licensing I would have copyright discussions over a beer with people. After a while I figured that this was "cocktail party licensing." In the morning you'll wake up with a hangover in bed with your attorney.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMG_Recordings,_Inc._v._MP3.co....

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act

3. https://www.amazon.com/How-Fix-Copyright-William-Patry/dp/01...