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The history of copyright is only relevant if you look at how the authors were paid. One must never forget that. And to my mind any system that allows authors to be in dire straits whilst lots and lots of people enjoy reading their books or using their software or listening to their music is a lot worse than any DRM-iTunes-Kindle bullshit DRM craze.
I certainly do not want a world in which authors either have to be rich to be able to write novels or have to go hungry or have to work somewhere else and do it only in the evenings and weekends. I understand however why so many amateur writers see no problem with giving their writing for free. They just want to be read, when no one knows that they even exist. But once they are read by millions does it make sense that the writer still has to keep her day job and write only on weekends?
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