You basically use one single anecdote while YouTube has literally made more millionaires among independent content creator than mainstream TV did in all its exi

You basically use one single anecdote while YouTube has literally made more millionaires among independent content creator than mainstream TV did in all its existence. The reason they can produce the content they do is that they can take have copyright protecting their work. The notion that copyright is "a tool for oppression of any form of self-expression" is false just on its face. And if it weren't for for copyright most of programmers wouldn't have a decent salary and open source projects would have less protection. There are certainly reforms needed in IP, but abolishing it completely is just throwing the baby out with the bathwater.