Copyright and patents were designed to promote innovation by protecting the author. That is good idea in its heart. But, like so many things, they have been completely corrupted by lawyers. I seem to remember that the copyright on artistic work (music, books, paintings etc) was 20 years. That sounds reasonable. Now it is what, 80 years? 100? And they can be transferred, inherited, sold... Totally ridiculous. Totally the opposite of what the original intention was.