"...we have no input into its creation and we can't re-create it without paying for the right to do so
because it belongs to somebody other than 'the folk' - so how can it evolve or adapt and become somebody else's?"


because we can f@ck about with the words and tune of a copyright song as much as we like as long as no one catches us.... 😜

.. and some might even be fortunate enough to record 'their' version and pay off the legal vultures to allow them to air it in public legally....