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Originally Posted by Jozawun
Yes, I'm sorry, it was SteveEisenberg who made the unsupported claim that he wouldn't have written if it wasn't for copyright.
Of course, your claim that there would be far less written if it wasn't for copyright is equally unsupported. It is often put forward in this bald way as a support for the copyright regime, without any supporting evidence.
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If there were no copyright, authors could not make money.
Authors need money to eat.
If they could not make money from writing, they would have to work more at other jobs.
If they had to work more at other jobs, they would have less time to devote to writing.
If they had less time to devote to writing, there would be less books written.
Therefore, if it were not for copyright, there would be less books written.