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This leaves some room for distributors to enhance their revenue for some time -- and get some small money from works like the Ilias or Hamurabi.

I'm sure that will incentivise the creation of more ancient epic literature.

You could argue that all modern codes of law are unauthorized derivative works of the Code of Hammurabi.

Great! Than the distributor that finds a descendant of Hammurabi can earn a ton of money from all existing countries.