Copyright was originally created in a world where modern technology was nonexistent and could likely not even be imagined. Despite the fact that the world we see today has changed so drastically in comparison to the century of copyright’s birth, it is still very much a part of everyday life. In fact, copyright applies to nearly every aspect of creative practice and effects everyone whereas it had previously really only affected a select group of people–those who were well-off enough to actually possess resources allowing them to copy books and other materials. I wonder how copyright would have developed differently if it were originally created during a time when modern technology existed. Would there be as many restrictions on creative practice as there are today? If the birth of copyright had been delayed a few centuries, would the entire term “copyright” possess an alternate meaning?
In response to your copyright question, I feel as if there wouldn’t have been as many restrictions nowadays if copyright law was recently implemented. It has taken a while for copyright to become the tangled web that it is today, and if it was a new thing then I think it would have taken a while for it to even come close to today’s level.
I think that copyright would be different if it was created when we had modern technology. I think artists would be more open to sharing their art and hopefully we would see a rise in various art forms because of the collaboration.