> it controls what is done with the work after the author freely produces it and gives it to another
No, not "gives" - sells. There's a transaction involved - and part of copyright law is preserving that transactional nature, such that person A doesn't sell their work exactly once to person B who proceeds to give it away for free to every other person on the planet.
The fact that the creator of a work sells it to one person does not give that person license to pirate it.
No, not "gives" - sells. There's a transaction involved - and part of copyright law is preserving that transactional nature, such that person A doesn't sell their work exactly once to person B who proceeds to give it away for free to every other person on the planet.
The fact that the creator of a work sells it to one person does not give that person license to pirate it.