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Originally Posted by Katsunami
As someone who has been taking pictures for about a decade, I can only say this:<snip>
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Yep, and I've been taking pictures for close on four decades - as a hobby - but I'm not about to claim to be an expert. The ten thousand hours thing overlooks the nature of the time spent.
But you don't answer the difference between the the initial creation and the publication. With books in particular (I can't speak for the other arts), there is a lot of work in making the final product suitable for an external audience. Take away the incentive to refine the work and everything will look like the most amateur self-published work that people complain about here regularly.
It is a risk, it is a gamble, and as you say - as a money making enterprise - a person would be better off starting a company or maybe getting a job at McDonald's. Which is exactly why I said you had explained the reason for copyright. The possibility of making an income, even if slim, is enough that many people do take the gamble, as a way to justify spending more time doing the thing they love doing. Take away that incentive and some people would still write, but there is much less chance anyone else would see it.