Whether it is 'just' or not, however you're defining that, it does not align with the way human culture works, and degrades cultural innovation resulting in few

Whether it is 'just' or not, however you're defining that, it does not align with the way human culture works, and degrades cultural innovation resulting in fewer works of poorer quality. If cultural progress is one of the things you want to optimize for in copyright law, then this is bad policy.