>>237599
Character assassination attempt without any form of argument.
>>237600
>I wouldn't admit that to anyone if I were you.
Unlike you I'm not defined by public approval, therefore I can spend my leisure time on the achievements of others, without any emotional attachment or without wasting a second on what others may think.
>that you've never created anything
I self publish for over two decades and my biggest regret was to sell the rights to my early works for money, because now I have no chance to ever get them back, while the publisher withholds them from the public. Anyway the problem with copyright is not how it's advertised (security from property theft)but the reality of what happens to all commodities under capitalism...it will end up in the hands of rich criminals who have no interest whatsoever in any form of creativity. Meanwhile the human race was robbed of the achievements of their ancestors, and the few future creators with any creative traits won't have the entry fee to use these achievements, which are needed to be creative. Instead they either have to create something new (almost impossible) or just regurgitate garbage (happen globally since 2007)
>>237602
>a free ride on the coattails of creative individuals
Copyright drowns these creative people in money, which destroys their creative output instantly (it's called a sellout). Then they lost the rights to their own creation, while being contracted to shit out mass produced garbage (they are getting milked), and finally their entire career will fizzle out into an afterthought, while keeping afloat by royalties. Meanwhile no new artist can build on his works without paying absurd amount of renting fees to criminal psychopaths.
As for free ride...I never had a problem with piracy because the quality of my work attracted enough loyal costumers.