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Yes. I, too, hate copyright laws as they are. They are anathema to human creativity, which always thrived on reimagining and adapting existing things into new things.

Those laws still exist irrespective of how recent they are in relation to human existence however, and they are very much enforced by the powers that be, to the benefit of capital holders. Saying that it gives Nintendo "little to no moat" is a ridiculous statement.