[vishalontheline]

Employees of construction companies, electricity companies and the data center, among others, all get paid, no?

[erentz]

See: “benefits in terms of capital spending + the few ongoing jobs created”

[pseudohadamard]

They get paid a rounding-error amount, and only during the brief construction and setup phase, compared to the total amount of money the thing is making for its owners.

[vel0city]

The construction companies don't continue to get paid much after the construction is complete.

[throw0101a]

> The construction companies don't continue to get paid much after the construction is complete.

Perhaps construction companies could hire some copyright lobbyists to get a law passed so they're paid 75 years after the creation of the work.