All technological discoveries and developments are owed to the historical work of all mankind. It would take quite the nerve to gesture one's own short life as even capable of a single one of such marvels.
To answer your question: No, I am not OK with capitalism, which is why I don't need such philosophically vacant concepts like copyright to justify exploiting the hard work of others.
>>All technological discoveries and developments are owed to the historical work of all mankind
Yup, which is where they go when the copyright expires. And, I am definitely on board with shorter expiration terms, and entirely against these endless extensions won by lobbying of corps like Disney.
While you've said you are "not OK with capitalism", you haven't said that you are OK with my proposal. Why?
And yes, I am familiar with the original phrasing "to promote the progress of science and useful arts". That does not mean that there is no possible moral ground behind the law. It only means that the authors of the law found it sufficient to mention the utilitarian grounds, and indeed that founding group tended to look first for utilitarian basis for the rights they wrote down.
To answer your question: No, I am not OK with capitalism, which is why I don't need such philosophically vacant concepts like copyright to justify exploiting the hard work of others.
Regardless, I'm right.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Act_of_1790