> So you think publishers only deserve to get paid for the first copy, and then all of humanity should be free to replicate and distribute their work for no cos

> So you think publishers only deserve to get paid for the first copy, and then all of humanity should be free to replicate and distribute their work for no cost? This was how copyright worked in Europe until quite recently. A composer was only entitled to the royalties of the first public performance of their work, and after that it was public domain. You wonder why the likes of Bach, Vivaldi, etc. were such prolific composers: The system was designed that way.