Re:Belief that IP can be owned is a Western concep (Score 1)

Compare those quite rare artist at those times with the enourmous production of content today.

I would suggest that there was similar or greater production of original content in those times. However, only that which was truely exceptional has survived to this era. For some reason I doubt people will care about N'Synch (or 99% of the content we produce) a hundred years from now.

If the current system of "protection" is so beneficial, why is it the Disney has to ripoff every one of their story lines?