You seem to be arguing that modern digital technology must by necessity drive a fundamental shift in the intellectual property economy that eliminates things like copyright forever. That simply isn't happening. It didn't happen to music, not to film and television, not even books. I'm a gamer and regularly buy games and supplements in PDF form, the hobby role-playing game market for indie games in PDF has never been stronger.

You can argue until you're blue in the face that what's happening right now is impossible, but it is happening. Look at the massive investment Amazon, Netflix, Disney, HBO and Apple are putting into streaming video. They are very successful businesses fighting over massive revenue streams. We're 20 years into the post-napster digital online revolution, and this is the way things have worked out.

> printing presses,

The arrival of mechanical movable type printing in Europe in the Renaissance introduced the era of mass communication, which permanently altered the structure of society. - Wiki

> photocopiers

A primary obstacle associated with the pre-xerographic copying technologies was the high cost of supplies: a Verifax print required supplies costing US$0.15 in 1969, while a Xerox print could be made for $0.03 including paper and labor. - Wiki

> Not at massive global scales. Not at negligible costs. Not with complete impunity. Not in a way that was accessible to everyone.

You're trying to split hairs to justify a belief here. It doesn't seem like you're making a compelling case by stringing together conditions that you think are unique to the modern day.