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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Given the definition from that wiki entry it would be a negative right, the right that others don't take his/her work without the writer's permission. That does not guarantee the writer can make a living, but that he or she could make a living if others consider him or her good enough so that they would want to read his works. By the very action of taking the work for free
the opportunity is being denied.
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No, it is not denied. He have the opportunity to try to sell his book. If nobody buys it it was not a viable opportunity. Notice that it was the right to have the opportunity you argued for.
Also, the authors try to sell his book. Nobody is stopping him from trying to sell his book. So if we talk about negative rights nobody is stopping him from the act of trying to sell his book.
Copyright is a positive right that give a monopoly. But is it not motivated by a positive right to earn a living on something you are good at.