> Are you saying that we ought to change society such that this is true, or that when accounting we shouldn't consider the cost of production Well, copyright w

> Are you saying that we ought to change society such that this is true, or that when accounting we shouldn't consider the cost of production Well, copyright was intended to "change society" to treat every copy as valuable as the original. My issue with copyright is that it compels me to value something at exactly the price that the author demands; even though creating an exact copy neither costs the author anything, or even involves them.