It's not my terms vs their terms. The terms are ours. We, as a society, decided that creators have full monopolistic power over their creation for a certain num

It's not my terms vs their terms. The terms are ours. We, as a society, decided that creators have full monopolistic power over their creation for a certain number of years. It doesn't need to be that way, though. Society can weigh the pros and cons and decide. I don't pretend to have figured everything out, but the rate publishers pay creators doesn't need to be fixed. As long as exclusivity contracts are not allowed (including self publishing). I think we should be experimenting, though. If the rules change and the end result is that there's less content (or of lower quality), then it could be a justification to go back to the old system. We won't know if we don't try. Taking your food example. If we had a way to duplicate food for free, it would suck if anyone is starving or having to eat the same thing everyday because of our laws. We have the power to losslessly copy data now, we should be taking advantage of it rather than outlawing it.