It probably wouldn't be considered "inalienable"... I don't think eliminating it is the answer; some form of Copyright should probably exist. Maybe it would be

It probably wouldn't be considered "inalienable"... I don't think eliminating it is the answer; some form of Copyright should probably exist. Maybe it would be appropriate to have shorter default Copyright durations overall and allow people to apply for longer terms if they think the work is particularly novel. Something doesn't sit right with me when the same legal system supports these two different scenarios: 1) I find land or buy land and occupy it indefinitely as my property with exclusive use rights 2) I create something new using my creativity and have little to no rights over its exclusive or non-exclusive use Why would I not control something I create when practically most other ownership rights are based on a first-come-first-served basis? Clearly if I created something, I came to it first.