Do you believe that people have a reasonable expectation of being rewarded for work? Do you believe that they should be rewarded for work? For instance, say a farmer plants a field of carrots. All other things being equal (i.e., he's not renting the land, etc.), don't you think he is entitled to all the carrots that he has grown? Doesn't he deserve the fruits of his labor?But think about it. Does a farmer own his crops because of the work he puts into growing them? No, labor has nothing to do with it. He owns the crops because they grow from seeds, fertilizer, and soil that he already owned beforehand. He can hire a laborer to come tend his fields, but the laborer won't own the crops; they'll still belong to the owner of the land and resources from which the crops are formed.
Thus, talking about the fruits of one's labor misses the mark from the beginning -- but even more so here, because like so many pro-copyright arguments, this one mistakes authorship for manufacturing. Musicians are not manufacturers. A better analogy would be, "don't you think a house painter is entitled to all the houses that he paints?" Or maybe, "don't you think an accountant is entitled to all the numbers that he calculates?" That's how absurd the question is.
