Overstepping Bounds for Protection's Sake

Copyright laws have always seemed to make sense, but now that definitive line has become fuzzy. These laws were made to protect the creator from losing rights to his/her creations and prevents others from stealing his/her ideas. The fact that businesses and companies would exploit these laws and steal others' creations is ridiculous. The very companies that are crying foul play, while music and movies are being spread like crazy, are stealing those very creations from the rightful owners. Laws exist to protect us and should protect us, but there always are people who exploit those very laws. They often use them to hurt the very people the law was intended to protect. There is no clear or simple solution, but the most basic way to bring about change is to raise awareness of a problem.