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Originally Posted by Format C:
I think writers have to be paid like carpenters. A minimum hourly wage, and a little bonus if they produce a masterwork.
And never more than 100 times the world's average income (the escess amount coming from hardcopy sales, movie rights, etc.. is used to pay other writers minimum...
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With that kind of incentive, authors and artists have no reason to release their creations into the public market; they're better off working for individual patrons and keeping the majority of their work secret, so they can resell it to a new market as often as possible.
Copyright laws were created to avoid that problem. Creative artists (whether book, picture, or scientific) are given the option to control use of their works for a limited time, in order to encourage widespread sharing of information and ideas.