"The internet is a copy machine." This truth is often hidden by some given abstraction. (file, save, download, streaming, etc.) Businesses have been built on

"The internet is a copy machine." This truth is often hidden by some given abstraction. (file, save, download, streaming, etc.) Businesses have been built on such abstractions. Success stories. On the flipside, existing businesses that were built before the internet who do not know the truth have been fed these abstractions. These businesses may stand nothing to gain from participating in the copy machine. Whomever is feeding these businesses with abstractions that hide the truth are not helping these businesses. They are helping themselves and watching these businesses being destroyed by a copy machine.