No idea why you're getting downvoted. You're right.

> it's still eerie to me to see hackers coming down hard on a side of an issue we spend decades passionately defending the other side of

Yeah, it's surreal. It's not just intellectual property either, Hackers have already started complaining about automation now too.

Computers must have replaced tens of millions of jobs. It's the ultimate job destroyer, since it allows capital to do more with less. Automating me, a doctor, out of his job is essentially the holy grail of Hacker News.

But when hackers are automated away, then suddenly it's a crime against humanity.