Helprin: A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn’t Its Copyright?

No offense, but this article seems a bit pompous and haughty. Perhaps this came from citing the Constitution, its Framers, or speaking in their breathy, British bull. While I get the claim about copyrighting, and do in fact agree that an artist's work should be theirs, and continue to be theirs forever, I don't particularly think that speaking like Jefferson will help get that point across. Let him have his art, and you can have yours.