This story is interesting for two reasons. First, it’s about Star Wars. Second, it illustrates the problems we are facing as a society (creatively, and financially) due to the slow changes lawmakers have made to copyright laws over the past thirty years. Sadly, members of the U.S. government (including the president) are pushing for the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which will further criminalize “copyright infringement”. Basically, companies can hold copyrights forever. This was never what copyrights or patents were designed for.

This is the best version of Star Wars — and watching it is a crime