I don't disagree. I think maybe it's partly just "nerd exceptionalism" (which seems to run rampant in discussions with technical people). I like the idea of policies/laws being created with advise from people actually knowledgeable in the effected area, but I don't think that's the same thing as saying that those policies/laws should be drafted by that same special interest.

I like the idea of financial people being advisors in policy-making regarding economics, but also cringe at the thought of them being the ones to draft the legislation.

I'm actually a pretty bad nerd, in that I don't get particularly riled up about issues like this. I also support copyright (self-serving as a working photographer, but also as someone who just doesn't see a problem with the arrangement of paying people who make things I enjoy, and not feeling entitled to disregard the way they want to make those things available).

I also think I'm a dinosaur, and that in another fifteen years, the entire makeup of content creation and distribution will have been gutted by a society that increasingly feels like it's their inalienable right to have access to whatever they want. I hope I'm wrong about that though.