We should be thankful for The Police, if it weren't for their success, Stewarts brother Miles would never have founded IRS Records and that would mean possibly that REM, The Cramps, The Bangles and The Go-Gos would have slipped through the net. The label also gave many UK artists as US label, such as The Fall, Fine Young Cannibals, The Stranglers, The Damned, The Beat, General Public, Magazine...
I have no real opinion on Stewart Copeland but as he clearly detests Sting, I'm OK with that