Odd straw man, but I guess I’ll tilt at it a bit. I don’t understand copyright existing beyond a few years after publication, and I don’t understand how a “rig

Odd straw man, but I guess I’ll tilt at it a bit. I don’t understand copyright existing beyond a few years after publication, and I don’t understand how a “right” to a work can be sold. It seems to be a system designed to facilitate wealth extraction rather than value creation.