This point of view ignores the fact that books have a cost to create, unless you think they just wave their hands and the content comes out fully formed.

> It's pretty arrogant to tell authors that copyright will provide any guarantee to protect their income. It doesn't. It can't.

> It's pretty arrogant to blame the death of copyright on piracy. Piracy is not the cause, it's the result. It's not the knife, it's the open wound.

I have made no comments about either of these subjects, so I don't see how it is relevant.