Melancholy Elephants is about how eventually every possible permutation of content will have been created and recorded because they belong to somebody and it wi

Melancholy Elephants is about how eventually every possible permutation of content will have been created and recorded because they belong to somebody and it will become impossible to create anything new (the story is less concerned with the ability to create anything non-infringing). Frankly, I think that particular worry is overblown as it presupposes that no knowledge will ever be lost. Personally, I'm rather more concerned about the works that will be lost because they are owned. BTW, would it surprise you to learn that Spider Robinson is a copyright maximalist?