Just like the fact that Hollywood got its start because the film studios moved out west to get out of the reach of Edison's lawyers when it came to his patents on film technology.

It's hypocritical turtles all the way down.

The hunted becomes the hunter. The victim becomes the oppressor. The hero lives long enough to see themselves turn into a villain. Etc.

A transferable monopoly given to artists as a reward for their creation is very capitalist, but I'm not sure you could call that "free market".