im not a fan of thoughts/speech/code/digital data being "copyrighted".

copying is not stealing. its copying. and its ok to copy.

today on social media people can easily find the original creator, easily donate to them, especially on nostr.

and many youtube creators are funded by merch and patreons.

they dont need copyright.

if the only way you can make money from what you are doing is via copyright, then you shouldn't make money. period. same thing applies for intellectual properties.