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[Page] 59 [My Comments] Oh, what contempt for free market! Free market is nothing but an indicator of willingness of consumers to obtain goods or services on certain conditions. If nobody wants to buy a certain book at a certain price, no copyright will (or should) help the author. All copyright does, like any property right or any other individual right, is it provides a framework of equal opportunities to present a product to the market. Today, when there is almost an indefinite number of ways to make one’s works available to the world, authors are free as never before to pursue success by selling directly to the public. Being able to lay a claim on their product is crucial in that pursuit. [Quote from Patry’s book] 
Copyright laws have, in practice, functioned as a way for government officials to placate authors, artists, and performers with the promise of monetary rewards, while throwing them on the mercy of the free market.
How Not To Fix Copyright - My Response to William Patry - Socialist copyright law - Soviet Union | Mincov Law Blog
Quote from Patry’s book