I agree, I think.
We should be living in a time now where Wifi is freely shared across all public spaces, but we dont because governments made that illegal by saying that any illegal content downloaded will be the responsibility of whomever owns the router/hotspot, so now we have these walled networks everywhere.
On the otherhand, there's this great short story from Cory Doctorow:
https://craphound.com/stories/2006/01/12/printcrime/
Just wait 'til 3D-printed firearms become more prevalent. See, for example: