@JustinHowe @SFRuminations Which of course shows some people even in oral traditions had a feeling of ownership over their songs/lyrics, but… others didn’t seem to necessarily think that way. There was a range of opinions, but some remixing or changing was difficult to prevent. @JustinHowe @SFRuminations We’ve just sort of arrived in a place where the opposite is true: an author like Lovecraft saying to his friends, “Remix my stuff in your stories!” is unusual, whereas if you go far back enough, that was how vast amounts of writing was done. Or that’s my (amateur!) understanding.