the original purpose of copyright was for public benefit of innovations i.e. incentivize people to not hold their innovations to the grave, and thus lose the innovation "forever". ofc this has been bastardized into protecting plutocratic dictatorial powers; which is the exact opposite

never underestimate the ability for plutocrats to steal from a society while convincing that society that its the society which is stealing from them. artists and technological development thrive under "piracy". anytime you have paradigm shifts where control leaves the few and goes to the many, you have cultural and economic benefits. but that doesn't mean the "let them eat cake" class likes the change