And let us not forget about the DJs!
Scientific inquiry is not hampered by copyright. Almost all scientific journals are available free, for a small fee, or through a University library.
If we issued patents for 28 years, as it was in the time of the founders, that would slow scientific innovation. So what you posted is a self contradictory mess.
Is downloading pirated music your next example? That is a value added industry? And how about that Twilight fan fiction?
That is not an accurate statement. Sites like JSTOR do not provide materials for free or at a nominal fee.
The IEEE and similar organizations do not give free access to their journals, nor is the cost of access nominal.
Even working for a firm that has a blanket IEEE license is no solution. Our company must now pay larger fees to gain access to the same number or fewer journals. They have decided to cancel some subscriptions to those journals which are consulted less frequently. So our company is now "saving" thousands of dollars a year by not keeping up those subscriptions, but then will end up losing thousands when employees spend hours trying to access that information, or not having access to it, end up reinventing the wheel.