It is predicated on a claim of exclusive rights distribution for something that costs practically nothing to reproduce, in a market where subjectivity dictates price more clearly. Art can be expensive to produce but worth nothing because nobody wants it.

And more importantly, it does not benefit new artists who by definition are generally poor. Owning copyright is not bound to the creator, and this overly empowers them to suppress competition and which artists get access to their distribution system and by this allows censorship.

Thus, copyright is not for artists at all, but for curators. The internet renders the need for these distribution controllers. Artists do not depend on these businesses anymore and the privilege has been blatantly abused for political ends. In fact, this is why citation is such an integral component of Steem's architecture, and why the greatest amount of changes have been made to counter methods of exploiting it.