Dunno how I feel about it. On the one hand, clearly something has to be done, because it all has been steadily going downhill for a while now. And heavens know, courts may be just one of the very few things big corps actually fear. Still, there is a part of me questions to what extent we are to blame.

Yes. I know corps do what they can to keep us engaged. I read HN too. I didn't say it was a big part.