18. What is copyfight?

The copyright social conflict (sometimes jocularly referred to as the copyfight) is a name given to the broader social conflict between copyright owners who wish to control the acquisition and subsequent use by others of material they have copyrighted, and individuals who wish for barriers on information such as copyright to be relaxed or removed entirely.

Diverse individuals and organizations are involved in this conflict. Those for reducing copyright restrictions include infoanarchists, anticopyright groups, and organizations such as Creative Commons and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Those for maintaining or expanding the scope of copyright include organizations like the RIAA and MPAA, which have been strong supporters of laws such as the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and technical measures such as DRM.