Copyright violation more serious than crimes against people?

Perhaps this explains why music companies insist on suing their own customers. Or why DVD's have stupid region coding schemes which prevents my Swedish speaking 5 year old daughter from playing the Swedish version of Pippi Longstockings in our DVD player purchased in Texas.

In short, they are completely out of touch with reality. I wonder how long they will stay this way, and how much damage they will do to American society in the process. I'm afraid of the answer. Would it be worth it to join a group that actively opposes them - perhaps EFF or EPIC?