Economic innovation drives poverty for aslong as profit will be its motivator.
Don’t get me wrong programmers and digital artists alike all need the means for a decent standard of living but in the digital world where everything can be copied indefinitely any kind of engineered scarcity or exclusivity other then being part of an in game world should be illegal.
What if this code developed by rockstar is the missing key to allow robotic prothesis to function smoothly? What if someone still held patents on cogs wheels and insulated copper wired. Copyright may have its uses but its curse against progress.