I don't think creators are morally entitled to any compensation or consent to use works they disclosed publicly, personally.
I would be willing to accept a legal regime that grants creators "protections" in exchange for the works reverting to the public domain in a reasonable period of time. Copyright is a social contract and, at the present, the consideration given to the public is too little. It's not enough for me to license works I create myself permissively to satisfy me. I want the playing-field leveled for everyone.
I try to live this opinion, personally, by paying for as much "media" as I can created by those who utilize patronage models or who license their work less restrictively than copyright permits. I find that I can't discuss popular music, movies, televison, and many books with other people but I'm not particularly sad that I can't. I don't willfully infringe copyright-- I just choose to ignore as many of the things that aren't permissively licensed as I can.