@nawanp >Copyright exists with the aim of protecting the results of human innovation and creativity in the hope that it will benefit the wider community.
No, that is not why copyright exists.

It exists solely to convince authors to publish more works, to benefit society at large, in exchange for restrictions that were previously temporary and didn't affect the enjoyment of such works.

Too bad copyright laws have been twisted to the point that authors are tricked into surrendering their copyright to a publisher, who proceeds to restrict the enjoyment of such work as much as possible, in the hope that by doing so, maximal profit will be extracted.