I agree that they are silly: too little too late. And I am curious as to how exactly illegal file sharing/piracy will be distinguished from legitimate filesharing.

“Copyright is there to foster creating of creative works,”

Yes and how it does this is by giving the originators of those creative works some protection against those who would use, abuse or profit from those works. It is there to ensure that the originators of authentic work have some chance to benefit from that work & to have some control over how it is distributed.

“not as a stick to criminalize as much of the populace as it can.”
blocking access to download sites, reducing broadband speeds, or by temporarily suspending the individual’s Internet account is hardly criminalising the populace.

“ When will it be there for its citizens again, instead of for umbrella organisations of big corporations and conglomerates that are afraid to innovate?”

It is still supposed to be there for those citizens who make “creative works”. Other citizens have the right to fair use of that copyrighted material. The terms of Fair Use should be changed to protect citizens from criminalisation.
But if you mean that citizens should have the rights to do whatever they like with the work of other citizens then in fact there would be no copyrights or Intellectual Property Rights for anyone.

“instead of for umbrella organisations of big corporations and conglomerates that are afraid to innovate?”

As far as I can see filesharing has just resulted in other types of organisations that profit from the creative work of citizens.
How much money has The Pirate Bay been sold for?
How many of the “filesharing” search or “sharing” sites charge a subscription fee?
How many adverts & pop ups do you have to wade through to get to your “free” download?
How many of the cheap MP3 sites are really just selling illegal / unauthorised downloads?
How many warez groups get paid every time you download something?

All this talk about copyright being used as a stick against filesharing is just manipulative bullshit. It’s a great way to get people on the side of these organisations who are basically just ripping off everyone: the producers of the work & also those who want it for “free”.

In all the arguments made by those who support illegal /unauthorised filesharing all I ever see is people referring to “ big corporations & conglomerates” or huge entertainment artists.

So what about all the independent music labels and producers film production companies, & games & software developers who surely are attempting to provide the innovation you crave for ?
How does unauthorised /illegal filesharing or illegal selling of their work foster the creation of new & innovative work?
How do they recoup their costs?
What do you suggest : do they give their creative work away & hope to cover costs by selling T shirts & badges that can’t be fileshared ?
Do you suggest that recording artists stop recording new work and instead make endless performances of old work in order to survive financially?

IMO people who are involved in the unauthorised “sharing” of the work of others are in fact helping these ” big corporations and conglomerates that are afraid to innovate” to achieve an even greater stranglehold on the entertainment industries.

It is the independent producers & distributors who lose the most: not the big entertainment corporations.