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An idea that the "creator" of the work has some bacis, absolute right to it might make sense if the "creator" was a sole creator of the work. In other words, the work could not use concepts developed by other people previously and known in society before the work is released, it can't even use words as each word is a concept.
Every book ever made is a collage of myriads of small ideas and memes which are part of the common culture. Else it wouldn't be understandable to anyone but the creator.
It's like saying every breath I make is my sole property, even when I'm in crowded elevator and to exhale I had to inhale breaths of all the other people in it first. Just by virtue of putting all those particles of air together.
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