Chefs are compensated for their time (unless maybe you&#x27;re the head chef), but they are also not compensated for their intellectual property, which is the point. Maybe a better example is copying a dress (if you imagine outsourced manufacturing).<p>&quot;How exactly is a software developer&#x2F;musician&#x2F;artist supposed to be compensated for their time&#x2F;labor without copyright and the ability to determine the terms of the sale?&quot;<p>There are plenty of creative people who sell their time, just like chefs. Of course plenty of companies today don&#x27;t even sell software, but essentially services.<p>&quot;There is significant up-front time and expense involved with any type of creative work&quot;<p>Yes, but this is to some extent a different issue than copyright itself. I&#x27;m not even arguing for the removal of copyright (I&#x27;m personally for stronger authors rights with drastic reduction in terms), just that copyright is mainly rights to artistic, rather than utilitarian or scientific, things i.e. doesn&#x27;t have a whole lot to do with labor.<p>This should be even more apparent today with cloud distribution, where software can&#x27;t be resold.