Some people keep saying that Copyright stifles creativity. I'm failing to see that as, unless I live in an alternate universe, there's a lot of creativity out there even with copyright. Possibly even more so as people are forced to make up their own stuff for the most part.
What I do seem to be hearing is: "I don't wanna make up my own stuff. That's HARD. I wanna take YOUR stuff and bend it around a little and make a profit on it." Basically, YOU do the heavily lifting and I'LL profit from it.
Now, granted, I've only managed to get a few short stories published, but that was a lot of work and a lot of time. Not just the writing of the stories. But the editing, dealing with rejections, resubmitting, etc. really takes a toll on the soul. What I create, I want to control for as long as possible.
I mean, we're not talking about thing like the UA or Lord of the Rings, it's not the same as the cure to cancer. We're talking (mostly) about works of fiction that, consumed or not, have little to no impact on the life expectancy of others.