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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I don't see why. Content creators would need to find new ways to monetise their creations (should they feel the need to do so), but the human desire to create will never go away. It was there long before copyright laws came into being, and will still be there long after they become meaningless.
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Historical fact. I seem to recall that copyrigyht was abolished at some point in the French Revolution. Until it was restored, pretty much nothing new was written. Nearly all entertainment today is produced as a business, and the quality is
much higher than it was when it was all done by amateurs. People don't work for free. And writers do not work alone. Most writers can't write their way out of a wet paper bag without a decent editor. Hell, a lot of them can't spell or construct coherent sentences without help. That's why we have publishers.
And, for what it's worth, yammering like yours is why publishers keep getting away with ever longer copyright terms and stricters laws to enforce them. If arguments like your are the best the other side's got, then what's the issue? Clearly, there's no serious resistance to greater copyright protection. In other words, you're part of the problem. Grow up, get a job, and maybe $10 for a book won't be so onerous.