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[Page] 16 [Quote from Patry’s book] The argument is that the protection against free riding that copyright provides also causes distributors to bring an abundance of works to market. In this argument, copyright is essential for abundance. The argument misapprehends markets and the role of law in markets. Historically, in mainstream culture, copyright law has been the legal device used by a few gatekeepers to control a winner-take-all marketplace of artificial scarcity, in which far fewer works are made available to the public than are created. [My Comments] 
Today, there are thousands of ways copyright owners can make their own works available to the public without the need to go through gatekeepers. According to YouTube, one hour of video is uploaded to YouTube every second. Even if 15% of that video constitutes original works not owned by somebody else, it is still very impressive. Just because the public is more interested in specific works that their owners do not wish to make available for free does not mean that there is no abundance. However, it also does not mean that those who do not want to contribute to the abundance should be forced to do it.
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