"* use extreme force against anyone who redistributes (i.e. the creator
    is the only legal distributor)"

Extreme force as a middle ground, Paul? Such a "solution" is not a middle ground for
me, certainly.
What I think drew is trying to say is that any middle solution would tend to become
extreme. The whole "copyright" idea began very calmly, just like any middle ground
solution we come up with now. Look what it turned into.

L.V.