> But that only gave the impression of helping creative people: today, any new creative person has to compete with the entire reproducible cannon of all of huma

> But that only gave the impression of helping creative people: today, any new creative person has to compete with the entire reproducible cannon of all of humanity before them — can you write fantasy so well that new readers pick you up over Pratchett or Tolkien? That is even worse without copyright, as then every previous work would be free and you would have to compete with better works that are also free for people.