Even without a legal background, you can see that current copyright law <a href="https://medium.com/copyright-untangled/public-domain-why-it-is-not-that-simple-in-europe-1a049ce81499#.615egijdp">makes things needlessly complex</a> for people who want to make something new from something old without taking away from creators’ rights.
Chuqa' man k'atzinel ta niqatz'ët ri taqonem tzij, yatikïr natz'ët chi ri taqonem tzij k'o wakami pa ruwi' ri kich'ojib'al b'anel <a href="https://medium.com/copyright-untangled/public-domain-why-it-is-not-that-simple-in-europe-1a049ce81499#.615egijdp">yalan k'ayew nisamäj toq man k'atzinel ta</a> chi kiwäch ri ch'aqa' chik nikajo' nikitz'ük jun k'ak'a' wachinäq chi rij jun wachinäq ri k'o chik, chi ri' toq man ye'ik'o ta pa ruwi' ri kich'ojib'al tz'ukunela'.