Obviously, we don't need copyright to have any creative works. Some people will do it for free. But the sale of copies is a huge incentive. And the result is m

Obviously, we don't need copyright to have any creative works. Some people will do it for free. But the sale of copies is a huge incentive. And the result is much more creative work now than ever before--at least some types. Pre-copyright, content was either commissioned by patrons or done by bored independently rich people. Artists didn't have some burning desire to paint rich ladies and religious works, that's just what was demanded. We could go back to that system. But it won't be a prolific as our current system. If copyright ended for TV/movies, we'd probably get some BBC/PBS content, some indie movies, but we'd probably just have a bunch of reality TV with an insane amount of product placement.