The well of creativity is unlikely to run dry.<p>In particular, we can observe that a huge chunk of literature effectively can&#x27;t be consumed today because no one alive speaks the language it was written in (also, because no copies survive!). That&#x27;s a much more effective ban on using the work than copyright is, and it&#x27;s permanent. But it hasn&#x27;t led to storytelling just gradually dying out because we forgot all the stories.