We are arguing if the law should work that way, not if it already does or not. And personally, I don't think it should. The purpose of copyright law is to make

We are arguing if the law should work that way, not if it already does or not. And personally, I don't think it should. The purpose of copyright law is to make it economically viable to publish creative works. Ashcanning your own work very much goes against the copyright bargain, but we don't have any legal provision to counteract it yet.