> Since it takes labor to produce writing, and we want people to engage in that labor, we need to grant them a temporary legal monopoly over the right to reprod

> Since it takes labor to produce writing, and we want people to engage in that labor, we need to grant them a temporary legal monopoly over the right to reproduce that writing, so that it’s possible to earn something from that labor. The real problem is that copyright discourages writing (and creative work in general), rather than encouraging it. How many times have you heard about people getting hit with copyright strikes on YouTube? How many people do you think you haven't heard about, because the strike either shut them down completely or encouraged them to give up? Copyright doesn't encourage people to engage in creative work. It encourages corporations to own creative work. If we actually want to encourage creative work, we should stop letting Disney extend how long copyright lasts, and abolish it entirely.