there is nothing stopping bands from releasing their music for free. currently *they* get to choose." *Looks at the Beatles on Pirate Bay* Yeah... Who's getting to choose? "without copyright laws that great independant song that was released, that was so amazing was noticed by other bands who couldnt write, and there are now so many covers of the song that noone even knows who wrote it. " Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The good is only 'infinite' without copy'right'. Copy'right' seeks to artificially make it finite by placing a price on it (people only have so much money and so they can only buy a finite amount). Allowing it to be 'infinite' creates more aggregate output. More aggregate output is good because more people have more things of value, that is, copies of the content. Aggregate output is the whole purpose of having an economy to begin with, to give more people more of what they value. In basic economic terms (you might want to take a refresher course), "value" is a part of the demand curve. It helps you decide what you are willing to pay for an item. The *price* is determined by the intersection of supply and demand, at which point you are able to make a decision. If the price is HIGHER than what you value it at, you don't buy. If the price is lower, you often will buy. But price and value are entirely different. To claim that they are the same is