&gt;&gt; &quot;If nobody supports it, nothing will be made.&quot;<p>This is often mentioned, but it&#x27;s just not true. Humans produced creative work long before there was copyright or even money, and they will continue doing so long after our civilization has crumbled. People are hard-wired to create. The social status associated with creative output is the main incentive - money is just icing on the cake.<p>You might argue that if we don&#x27;t pay theater admission for bad Tom Cruise thrillers and fifth-installment summer blockbuster sequels, then <i>those specific genres</i> might not be produced, and would be replaced by lower-budget plot&#x2F;character driven cinema. But that&#x27;s at least arguably a feature, not a bug.