>>153716
Selling creative work as if it were a physical good breaks down if creative work isn't a physical good. The bread isn't made from thin air, it's made of flour, baking soda, salt... hard work is only a part of it. You can limit copies of virtual goods too, but the way you do that is morally reprehensible, as effective DRM is also effective surveillance.

Sadly the alternative business model of "ask people nicely to pay" isn't as reliable as charging a fixed fee for a copy. It also stops working once there's a magic machine that even strips the "value" of the hard work, although whether such a machine exists is questionable. (I believe at least part of the "value" is a social construct.)