[dragonwriter]

> For normal humans though, looking at art or reading a book, and later repeating some passage or drawing something from your own memory is not a crime.

False, actually; memorizing a copyrighted work and reproducing it other than in conditions specifically excepted from copyright protection is a violation of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder to make copies.

Copyright doesn't just apply to mechanical copies which don't have a human brain in the middle of the process.