Copyright expert William Patry has a great post summarizing two RIAA-bashing opinion pieces in the New York Times and Washington Post.

Both articles challenge the RIAA’s expansive view of copyright, but Patry is insightful enough to identify it as a bogus claim of natural property rights. It is not merely enough to point out the radically expansive view of copyright being advanced. We must identify the underlying moral values (creative expression is metaphorically understood in terms of real property) and challenge them by developing and espousing our own moral values (individual expression as an immutable moral right) and metaphors (nonprofessional expression as an endangered species, hunted down by copyright lawyers).

Props to Patry for again nudging us in the right direction.