Book of Copyright

1.1 And the Capitalist did speak unto the Empress and he did say.
1.2 'Lo, it is so that all that is good flows from me. Without me no work would be done, no music would be sung, no pages would be writ. There would be no scientists, nor engineers, nor doctors.
1.3 And the Empress, in her ignorance, did bow down to the Capitalist.
1.4 And she spake 'Good sir, how can I serve thee.'
1.5 So the Capitalist smiled and said unto her 'All the people of this land shall be my slaves. The men and women shall be beholden to me and the children shall be taught my wisdom'
1.6 The Empress, full of her own arrogance, agreed.
1.7 But then the prophet of the Lord did appear. And mighty was his wrath.
1.8 And he did cast the Capitalist out of the palace. To the Empress he decreed.
1.9 'Oh foolish woman. Our Lord did not create music to be the property of men. And he did not create words so that the Capitalist could pile high his gold.'
1.10 'And science exists so that man may better understand our Lord's creation.'
1.11 'These things he created for all humanity.'
1.12 And fearing the anger of the prophet, the Empress did grovel before the Lord.
1.13 'Please forgive me. I was arrogant and believed that these things were in my power to give away. Now I see this is not so.'
1.14 And the prophet did nod. 'These things can no more be owned than the air we breathe. Now you must earn forgivness.'
1.15 But the Empress did weep. 'Oh Lord. I do not know what to do. I am weak and foolish - so it is that the Capitalist fooled me.'
1.16 And the prohpet was filled with pity, for he knew that all leaders of the day were week and foolish.
1.17 'Empress.' He did say unto her 'Take the music and the books from your palace library and give them freely unto the people.'
1.18 'But how shall we make new music without the Capitalist?' She did ask.
1.19 And the prophet did laugh.
1.20 'And such is your foolishness! Musicians are as trees - they need protection only from woodcutters, and do not need cultivation. They must weather the storms to grow strong and study. A tree inside a barn will grow bent and withered.'
1.21 Upon hearing these words the Empress ceased her weaping.
1.21 'Greatly am I indebted to you, for you have saved my people a great injustice.'
1.22 And she did command her servants to amass the great works of civilization and she saw to it that each citizen was given free access to these.
1.23 'In this way.' The Empress declared to all 'we shall all become wiser and happier'.
1.24 So it came to pass that her land was revered throughout the world, and many traveled from afar to read the books and hear the music of her great land.