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And books.

I find it amusing that you reduced the works of Greek and Roman philosophers and poets, the entire Renaissance, the whole Library of Alexandria and indeed, the Bible, to "practically nothing."

I fail to see how, say, the Nth installment of Marvel movies is somewhat more worthy than all of that.

Movies which, I might add, are already hugely profitable, even though they're massively pirated.

>>senko+(OP)
The OP was talking about "being entertained" - very few of the older works were written to entertain.

>>badpun+G61
Apart from being inconsequential (copyright makes no distinction between products for entertainment or otherwise), this is also incorrect.

Here are just a few examples off the top of my head, to whet your appetite:

- The OG superhero story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh

- A fairly popular adventure story you might have heard about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey

- This one even has "comedy" in its name, if you needed convincing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy