The problem is that the copyrights industries realize that too, and are constantly pressing to mandate controls over consumer-facing technology to put the copyright system's pro-owner features beyond the reach of non-compliant human decision-making. Without the activism, pressure against these constant initiatives (in national legislation country by country, in bilateral and multilateral trade agreements, in industry standards fora, and in other venues) would be hard to maintain. You can't declare victory if the other fellow won't stop fighting.