So how do authors make money? Going on concert tours? The copyright system needs reform (Mickey Mouse for example) — but the system protects creators.
If there were no copyrights, no author would make any money.
If there were no copyrights, no author would make any money.
And how many actually make a living off of writing books? The authors I know all have jobs.
Cory Doctorow showed that this isn't true.
(I think the US copyright system is hugely broken and the social contract needs to be re-negotiated, but I comment here in the interests of facts, not in support of the broken system.)