A fun time with the questions
The effort and debate put into what should be asked in the FAQ forms, next to the actual phrasing, was already a symptom of how far the European copyright system has drifted from everyday life. You don’t want the questions to be too general because then it doesn’t help the citizens. However, you also can’t be too specific because every case and every action is different. You want to minimise the risk that people take bad decisions in cases that seem the same to them, but can have very different legal consequences. For example with whom you share copyrighted material often matters in the legal vs. illegal debate – in some cases your immediate circle of family and friends can be allowed, but not public sharing. People do not spend a nanosecond thinking about this legal distinction while sharing.