> So what it sounds like is copyright stifles societal growth to ensure the originator gets his rent? Even this feeble pitch would hold a lot more weight if co

> So what it sounds like is copyright stifles societal growth to ensure the originator gets his rent? Even this feeble pitch would hold a lot more weight if companies either couldn't own copyright or couldn't purchase the copyright. As it is it's more like a corrupt rent-extraction scheme with government backing.