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> But the value of something is often its scarcity...

But the value to who. We have copyright laws (ostensibly) for the benefit of society as a whole by allowing creators to have a limited time monopoly on selling their ideas.

> then Nintendo would presumably argue that they intended there to be a limited number of Wii's or Pokémon Red or whatever.

Them arguing it doesn't make them right. Any more than it makes sense to allow Disney to keep extending copyright decade after decade simply because they're greedy.