Throughout history....nobody was making money writing stories....outside of kings and queens sponsoring you.
It is the advent of intellectual property that's given rise to what we have today. And there is FAR more being written than anyone can read. Copyright has been a boon, not a hindrance, to book creation.
Copyright enables corporations to invest many millions into moves and other works because they have a defensible moat that keeps folks from just ripping off their works.
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