"no one in the USA new who was singing their songs and copying their stuff in the UK and wider world, nor did they care"

When I was a teenager virtually everybody used to copy each others vinyl records on blank recordable cassette tapes and play them on the Walkmans etc. That is how I first heard Dylan, New York Dolls etc. Glad I wasn't extradited to the US for stealing intellectual property. And if Bob or the Dolls'representatives are watching I can assure them I have since bought some of their music. The digital age truly seems to be bringing Big Brother into the bedrooms of today's kids.