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[Page] 80 [Quote from Patry’s book] I shall now explore why copyright laws have principally helped superstars and distributors. The point of this inquiry is not to argue for the abolition of copyright – something I disfavor – but rather to help create an evidence-based approach to how our copyright laws can work better in practice. Our copyright laws are, and have always been, a winner-take-all system. If that is the desired policy, then our copyright laws are working fine. If, however, the policy is to create diverse works by diverse members of our society in order to create a rich cultural heritage, then it is important to realize copyright laws never have accomplished that purpose. [My Comments] 
Here is a very simple answer why copyright laws tend to help superstars: people like to buy the stuff that superstars produce, that’s why they are called superstars. There is no value in subsidising artists that nobody wants to listen to, whether or not this creates diverse works by diverse members of our society or not. Diverse members of our society have a million ways to deliver their works to the public. Just because they cannot find an audience willing to pay for their works does not mean that there is something wrong with copyright.
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