[gozo]

I'm not sure that's such a great argument. We'll all might be making less money if security improves, complexity decreases, more people learn to program etc. Doesn't make those bad things. I personally don't make money from selling consumer software nor have I ever worked for someone who does. My programming is in that regard more akin to performing.

Even as a fairly radical pirate I know that most people don't care about copyright, for or against. To the extent that people are against copyright it's mainly about absurd copyright terms, harsh punishment and general industry dysfunction. There's no basis for the idea to abolish copyright, essentially no one thinks that nor will it ever happen. It's scare tactics.

Also the scenario where authors can't control distribution has already happened and has been going on for years and years. From poems to professional software.