For a millenia or two (at least), creatives have lived on a spectrum between folk production for small, immediate audiences and commercial production for the aristocracy or markets distribution.
Copyright, since its much more recent introduction, is the tool for commercial creative to keep the folk creatives away from their money.
The upside for media consumers is higher production value and grander spectacle, which is pretty cool. Copyright lets producers pour a lot of money into art and that allows for a different kind of work.
But yeah, it’s pretty brutal for the countless folk creatives who see something inspiring and aren’t allowed to do cool things with it. Copyright does indeed work against them.
Copyright, since its much more recent introduction, is the tool for commercial creative to keep the folk creatives away from their money.
The upside for media consumers is higher production value and grander spectacle, which is pretty cool. Copyright lets producers pour a lot of money into art and that allows for a different kind of work.
But yeah, it’s pretty brutal for the countless folk creatives who see something inspiring and aren’t allowed to do cool things with it. Copyright does indeed work against them.