It is interesting to think about writing pre-copyright. What is the incentive to write if your ideas can just be stolen and used as someone else’s? Would people be willing or even able to write without falling to the act of plagiarism? But on the other hand, maybe a world without copyright would cause people to produce more art, as there would be less obstacles to get around to publish your works. Perhaps with less competition, more and more people would share their art forms. But  then again, without competition what will writing or art succumb to? It seems logical to assume that without any need for standards, the quality of art may go down. It is hard to say which way things may have gone without copyright. Economically speaking, copyright makes sense that in order to get the best products (books, movies, etc.) there must be competition and incentive. However, it does have it’s fair share of restrictions.