Comment on copyright

I think that copyright monopoly of ideas is an infringement on the freedom of others to express their ideas.    We know that given enough time a machine will generate all content past present and future, there's a finite number of possible content for say a 4k HDR tv.    That said, freedom should never be infringed if it does not directly physically or mentally harm another conscious being.    The idea that somehow cobbling up some content, often reusing older content, gives you a monopoly over said content, that infringes on the rights of others to freely express themselves.

My view is, ok as an innovator and originator of an idea in a particular time and place, privileges can be granted, but we cannot bar others from saying certain words or using certain ideas.   What should probably be done, in a better world, is that EVERYONE is allowed to use all content as if it were in the public domain, but the chain of reuse gives a percent of generated income back the chain of creation.    That is derivative works give a percent of their income, probably 10-25% and this is shared by all sources from which the derivative borrows proportional to their contribution.  

The claim of being originator can be disputed, and such issues can be resolved through a back and forth exchange in a system designed to deal with such.   Once the world allowed freedom of content creation, this would likely lead to vastly more varied and richer content being generated.    Similar should hold for patents, to put an end to patent chests and patent trolls, during the period of holding a patent you're forced by law to license at a percent of generated income that does not impede profit.

I find that such would be an excellent compromise between rewarding 'originators' of ideas, and not infringing the freedom of the population to express themselves.

Infringing others freedoms without just cause, is an injustice.   A world built on injustice, is a world in need of reform.