[thaumasiotes]

> They forget that copyright is part of a social contract. In its original form, it was something like this:

>> we'll pretend your work is scarce so that you can make money

>> after a while, it will enter the public domain

That is not even close to the original form of copyright. In its original form, copyright was a monopoly held by the crown (and granted to printers) for the purpose of censoring works the crown didn't want published.