The relevance of IP in today's digital art

I believe that intellectual property is still relevant in the digital age. It may not just be implemented and followed like it should be. In today's digital age a lot of art and designs are copied for recreational use and people that are copying those forms of art or ideas think nothing of it. But when it is used for public work or for some form of profit the steps of getting permission from the owner may be followed more than recreational use. I believe that the digital age today is about recreating designs rather than creating it from scratch, and I believe its from a mixture of pure laziness along with easy accessibility of other peoples' work for a form of inspiration and/or recreation.

Once years go by I believe that copyrighting and intellectually property may be overlooked by designers and re-creators. Resulting in a raise in civil lawsuits because of the ignorance on the topic. Even though some critics believe that IP is an exaggeration in copyrighting forms of art because of the "culture movement", I believe that credit should always be given to any original designer that may be used for inspiration for any public form of art.