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OK, let's assume that the target of copyright is to maximize the incentive (=profit) of the artists/engineers/programmers/etc..., so that they give their best and produce good stuff.
Before P2P became illegal even for private use in Italy (2004), I downloaded a lot of songs. Quite a few times, I discovered new bands and bought tickets to their concerts. Other times, I liked an album so much that I was not satisfied with the mp3 anymore and I decided to buy the CD. When I stopped using P2P, I stopped going to concerts and buying CDs. What was the impact of banning P2P?
Fortunately now, thanks to Youtube, I started again listening to music for free and occasionally buying CDs and ticket concerts.
While I'm aware that I'm not the typical user, I believe it is not automatically true that copyright is automatically good for authors and bad for users. Sometimes it is bad for both, sometimes it is good for both.
On an unrelated note: while it is true that no company plans for longer than 20 years (or at least it's extremely uncommon), a person might well enjoy the copyright on her/his books for her/his whole life. 20 years might be a little short, especially for books that are not blockbuster since the beginning, but they are appreciated over time.
Ciao!
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