Your first paragraph is a nice example for a strawman argument: where have I claimed that we have to "pay tribute" or that I'm in favor of the status quo? Abou

Your first paragraph is a nice example for a strawman argument: where have I claimed that we have to "pay tribute" or that I'm in favor of the status quo? About copying vs. physical things - that's one of the aspects I had in mind when I wrote that I'm aware of the differences between that example and the scihub situation, but that I also think that they are not at the heart of the issue. Hence I don't subscribe to your argument against that. Nor do I to your last sentence. Where's the scarcity?