Writing that a company should feel a real need and that it should die
otherwise is being communist?! I would say it is liberal...
Writing that a society should not prevent its citizen to share is being
communist? I would say it is the basis any society!
The copyright was originally created to protect the artists from the press
industry. It was not meant to act against the readers (who could keep on
copying books by hand). Today it is abused. And the "reality" of copyright,
as you write, is changing and not in the good sense because people (like
you?) let the large companies dictate the law (otherwise they say you are
"communist"). For instance the "public domain" is something that is about to
disappear because whenever Mickey is about to enter the public domain, Disney
change the law to extend the copyright (it is 70 years after the death of
every artist, it will soon become 90 years!). Some people even call the last
extension (from 50 to 70 years) the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act":
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
The law is to be hacked so that it becomes ethical. Making money by denying
people's rights should never been allowed. Is that being communist?
If artists need more money for the art to thrive, a tax on Internet
connection can be voted (of course, the not-for-profit exchanges on the
Internet must be legalized before). Hopefully, the collected money would be
better distributed so that more artists earn a living (today, only the
superstars are able to make a living). The tax payer could actually choose
where the money goes, à la Flattr. Another option would be a redistribution
based on popularity (if it is legal, I would be happy to have a Free software
sending the list of what I read/listen/watch on my system) but not
proportional. RMS, for instance, proposed the cubic root (an artist 1000
times more popular earns 10 times more money).
The comparisons you make with material goods do not make any sense: *every*
shirt or a can of Coca-Cola costs money. Making a new "copy" costs money.
