But they can't. Once the work is out there, any control that the author is given is an affordance. Trying to fight it is why we live in a world of draconian DRM

But they can't. Once the work is out there, any control that the author is given is an affordance. Trying to fight it is why we live in a world of draconian DRM and licensing-not-ownership To be clear: an artist's control of a work ends once it is in the hands of their audience.