This is the way psychopaths think. They want control. More control. All the control isn't enough.

And they do not care about "creative" people. They will just make new "stars" to keep the population "entertained".

So, they want as much patent, copyright and other legal red tape as they can get. Of course, none of it works, accept for huge corporations with lots of lawyers.

I hope this is where the interwebs diverts and just ignores intellectual property. While simultaneously, make original creators easy to find.

I had a friend who did graphics work. They designed some cards.
Somebody at Hall-market made a set of cards that looked EXTREMELY similar to theirs.

They were well in their right to sue Hall-market for copyright infringement, but what would really happen is that Hall-market would pull the cards, and then immediately sue them for all their lost earnings. Hall-market would bury them in court costs in a court case that would be dragged out forever.

So... copyright? For T.H.E.M. inc®? yes. For me and thee? No.