I'm pretty sure that people would pay much more for an original Harry Potter manuscript than a copy. Ditto for the original tapes artists used (or seeing a live

I'm pretty sure that people would pay much more for an original Harry Potter manuscript than a copy. Ditto for the original tapes artists used (or seeing a live performance). In both cases, the normal usage is from reproduction - you never buy original books or audio. And in the case of audio, all usage is through reproduction (as it is with eBooks, too). For paintings, viewing an original is much more common, right?