It is not an argument, it is a statement of fact, like saying water is wet.
There is an implicit assumption in your position that copyright based compensation is the only method of compensation. It isn't. It wasn't even the dominant method until the last couple of centuries when technology made it feasible. Now that technology has moved on, our economic systems need to keep up.
"It is not an argument, it is a statement of fact, like saying water is wet."
Oh nonsense. You're ignoring the legal system, which is hilarious, because you're talking about a LEGAL construct.
So yes in your little hypothetical world where copyright exists AND there is no legal system, sure, copyright has no effect and you have no control.
But otherwise, saying "if you publish you lose all control" it's like saying "if you go out in public you lose all control over what happens to you. Mugging... rape... murder... you have zero control".
It ignores the legal system, and your ability to seek punishment or compensation for being wronged under the law.
I don't understand the value of such an asinine hypothetical.
In the real world: you do retain control of what you publish after you publish it.
If you think otherwise: Mickey Mouse would like to have a word with you.
Oh nonsense. You're ignoring the legal system, which is hilarious, because you're talking about a LEGAL construct.
Original poster called it an "an unavoidable fact" - that is a statement far in excess of "there are laws." Given the context is people infringing copyright law, clearly we are talking about the utility of the law in the "real world."
We are? Then in the real world copyright is effectively managed, things are unpublished or never published and brands are managed.
Again, if you think in the real world you lose control, talk to Micky Mouse.
You lose a small amount of control against small, unincorporated actors, but you retain large amounts of control in the markets you operate in, and against any institutional actor at all.
If I'm trying to decide whether to publish something or not, this is not the argument that's going to make me give the green light.