I am honestly sick of hearing "but no one will create anything without copyright" as if money was the sole motivator that made doing anything worthwhile.

To be fair, I think copyright has its place as a minimal safeguard for artists' work, but in its current form it is entirely too aggressive and lasts way beyond its scope should cover. Copyright should not be reason to send SWAT raids to people's homes, just as much as it should not cover 70 years after the artists' death.

I am certain that if we seriously rolled back copyright, our art would still thrive, albeit perhaps less AAA content.