People created blockbuster movies that they spent millions on computer special effects, computer animated cartoons or films at all before copyright existed in t

People created blockbuster movies that they spent millions on computer special effects, computer animated cartoons or films at all before copyright existed in the 1500s? Before mass distribution existed you bought tickets to see plays in person. You also don’t seem to know rent seeking means > Rent seeking is an economic concept that occurs when an entity seeks to gain wealth without any reciprocal contribution of productivity. Are the people producing the media not contributing anything? It seems the people who want everything for free are the ones who aren’t making a meaningful contribution