Copyright was originally intended as corporate law. Up until ~75 years ago, it was nearly impossible for individuals to clash with it. (What were you going to do, hand-write 10 copies of a popular book? Put on a play at your local school without paying the license fee?)
But we now have ways to make copies easily and the whole foundation of the law is falling apart. And of course, enforcement is being aimed at individuals because they're easier to go after, not because they're causing the most harm to corporate profits