Originally Posted by
memebag
Legal fiction and the threat of violence is what lets people profit from their work when their work is easy to copy. Take the fiction and violence away and the incentive to create easily copied things (like books, movies, software, processes, etc.) is greatly diminished.
And let's not forget that "easy to copy" is not the same as easy to come up with. It's not just a matter of profit, it's a matter if basic compensation, too.