Who Does Copyright Protect

Copyright was designed to protect artists, authors, and innovators, but today it often only protects the profits of large corporations.  One example is the music industry.  Music artists struggle to survive because the majority of the money made from selling their music goes to large record companies.  Artists may get as little as 6% of the money made from their music sales even though it is their music.  Because of this, many musicians eventually give up their dreams of creating new music.  In the end, everyone (except for maybe the record companies) loses because talented artists stop giving the world their music.  Imagine all of the music we have missed out on because the music industry has driven musicians to stop pursuing their talents.