The whole point of copyright is to make the works available.  It is explicitly the reason why the creator is given a time limited monopoly.<p>From Wikipedia:<p>&quot;... the Statute of Anne is formally titled &quot;An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or Purchasers of Copies, during the Times therein mentioned&quot;.[45] The preamble for the Statute indicates the purpose of the legislation - to bring order to the book trade - saying:<p><pre><code>    ..., and for the Encouragement of Learned Men to Compose and Write useful Books; May it please Your Majesty, that it may be Enacted... &quot;</code></pre>