@bonifartius sans any anti-capitalistic wishful thinking about our bright futures, is "artists gotta eat" a actual practical argument for copyright in the grim reality that we currently exist in? Anyone know any financially struggling artist that pay their bills with copyright "strikes"? The artists I personally know to exists fall into 3 categories (not mutually exclusive):
1. digital artist working full time or as a contractor, who forfeits all their IP to their employer.
2. traditional (say painter or sculptor) artist, who sells actual physical works of art, for high prices to niche audience who appreciate the works subjectively and often specifically because they come from the artist.
3. digital or traditional artist, who sells physical copies (say prints or moldings) of their works for low prices to niche audience who wish to support the artist.

I have a feeling that if you are banking on copyright, then you are either succeed and get rich, or fail and get nothing. That's the nature of copyright. You can't make an "honest living to just pay your bills" on copyright.