[Jun8]

Absolutely! First, let's agree that "creators and makers" in this particular sense mostly refers to big studios, i.e. large corporates, not just to up and coming indie bands or filmmakers. So let's rephrase the statement as "corporations should have the right to determine how and where the [patented] work they own is distributed".

It's then easy to see that the above does not hold true in all cases, many examples of public greater good can be provided but the case of generic drugs is perhaps the most well-known: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3694898.