Copyright law was originally created as a mechanism of censoring speech and (later) for the benefit of guilds...and eventually became a tool of corporations (se

Copyright law was originally created as a mechanism of censoring speech and (later) for the benefit of guilds...and eventually became a tool of corporations (see Mickey Mouse). It has never really been a matter of benefiting/compensating original artists or authors...that's just been the justification. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright_law