I'm here to put a different spin on copyright hate.
I think where it really went wrong was computer software. In the early days there was a fight that was badacially "is computer software more like a movie or more like a list of directions for the computer". Things like directions and directories are not subject to copyright.
Somehow they said the literal list of instructions for the computer to execute (think about what a program is on the most basic conseptual level. You are literally just making a list of conditional directions for the computer to execute) was more than the sum of its parts and subject to copyright. That was clearly the beginning of the end. Keep in mind this was way before software would have contained any standalone art assets to complicate stuff. But, the fact that its subject copyright and subject to licensure and shit allows for all these crazy EULAs and shit like that.