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You are suggesting cause and effect in a way that I find unlikely.

theStorminMormon:
"See, now I think that that is somewhat less than sane. Picture this scenario: J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter is picked up by a small publisher and they sell a few hundred thousand copies. This gets the attention of a giant publishing house, which quickly rushes out millions of copies of the book and refuses to pay Rowling anything."

You suggest her next choice is limited to writing a book then getting ripped off by a bigger publisher or stop writing. Why wouldn't she go to the big publisher for her next book and ask for an upfront payment before she writes another book. Or, better yet, why doesn't she sell it on-line herself and tell people if they want her to write another book they need to buy from her website.

I don't think we can reliably predict what will happen if we abolish copyright. I think it is unlikely the art creator will get the short end of the deal if we do. They are still creating something people want to buy, this has value.

I agree with you to some degree. There should be legal protection for artists and their ability to profit from their work. I am just not sure the current system protects artists as much as it protects art distributors.

John