You're right about Piracy in a sense. Not everyone even has €200 a year to pay for songs or subscribe to Netflix or whatever, especially in the developing World, Especially when it comes to books.
Piracy may be wrong, but I can't quite shake the feeling that a lot of people will lose access than they envisage if it is totally eradicated.
As for the EU laws, we await what individual countries will do. They may have just taken the World back 100 years or so and probably do not realize it
The people lose access, the artists lose access to an audience too.
Perhaps. I have to think on it. I have a feeling on first glance that there are some opportunities.