[mathnovice]

You are wrong. While the majority can create the rules the people that matter aren't the majority but creators and skilled professionals. When someone creates something they have absolute power over it until they reveal it to the world. They can even choose to destroy what they create rather than reveal it.

When the majority (consumers) decide they want everything for free and that they want absolute power over the creations of others creators will simply stop revealing what they create and stop making their creations available for purchase. Instead creating things for private use.

[pessimizer]

> When someone creates something they have absolute power over it until they reveal it to the world.

The vast majority of these "creators and skilled professionals" are doing work for hire for the same people who own everything else, and have absolutely no control over the product of their labor.

[jeremyjh]

It doesn't matter whether the creator underwrites their own costs or a corporation does it, the same problem applies. If those who fund creative works cannot collect returns on their investment they will stop funding the work.