Your argument begs the question many are raising on this thread. What is stopping anyone from creating content and giving it away? Nothing. It turns out that th

Your argument begs the question many are raising on this thread. What is stopping anyone from creating content and giving it away? Nothing. It turns out that the existing copyright laws are integral to the process of getting the huge resources together to create high quality content. Content is not like air, and arguably limiting access to content through "artificial" means harms no one as these methods do not preclude the distribution of other content. On the other hand, if there is a worry of harm to the public of having an under supply of sufficiently awesome content, property rights are an established method of ensuring this production.