copyright is a very anglo-saxon view of the thing. have a look on how the French do it, it's quite interesting. for them, the act of creation itself creates the

copyright is a very anglo-saxon view of the thing. have a look on how the French do it, it's quite interesting. for them, the act of creation itself creates the property right of the creator. then, it is separated in several parts : what they call "droit moral" and "droit patrimonial". the first one, the moral right, stays with the creator at all times. it gives each creator a right not to see their work defiled or used in a way they don't want to be. the second one, patrimonial, contains all the rights about reproducing it (if it's a book or sculpture for example). this is quite interesting. the creator creates something. then, through a contract you give someone either for some time, or forever, the patrimonial rights so they can make copies and distribute those (akin to the copy-right) but the other part of the right, the moral one, stays with the creator. if someone wants to use your creation for something you don't like (for example, using a piece of your music for a politicial person meeting) the moral right lets you say : no. you can distribute it and sell it according to our contract, but THIS I do not want. we should replace copyright with that more evolved view.