Copyright vs. Freedom of Information

What is copyright?
the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same

• Some argue that copyright limits creativity, how do you feel about that?

you can't share your thoughts about something if its copyrighted

• In some ways, all new ideas are simply borrowing from old ideas, how do you feel copyright should handle this? that copyright is just all illegal