I hold a few anti-copyright sentiments, personally, at least in its 'all rights reserved' form. It serves a decent purpose though, so mainly, I'd like to see copyright terms expire within generally shorter times* rather than changed. Many 'cultural works' we see a lot of that are not immediately released into the public domain are made solely for commercial gain, and once they are no longer being sold, the proprietary impositions still in effect over them are rather unfair to culture at large, I feel. For instance, Nintendo aren't producing or selling their
Entertainment System consoles anymore, and presumably without doubt nor will they in the future, so what good does it do anyone to maintain the reserved rights so vigilantly?
*Not necessarily fixed ones — it could perhaps work like trademarking, ie. require constant usage of the copyrighted work, else the terms expire before long.
Now, if I did the same thing with mp3s of the very same album that somehow means I'm breaking copyright laws.
You're breaking copyright law in either case. What you buy is actually a licence to have a copy of the work, only to experience it yourself, effectively; you own the disc but not what is on it. Lending is usually quite clearly stated (well, as 'clearly' as small print ever states anything) to be a breach of copyright, but since everyone does it, it's more or less an established convention the holders won't generally raise legal concerns over — thankfully. Digital piracy is a relatively new thing, so they're still uppity about it, but they may eventually cease to be.