in a happy perfect magical fantasy world where we all skip in the fields and play touys everyone could create and remix freely and without worry, no need for copyright because everyones needs are met and people are also very nicey about credits/attribution. But alas! we live in a society. and so we find ourselves in situations like this and even if you, as a person, are against copyright law as it currently exists and is used, one should be able to understand and comprehend the fact that we have to work within the world around us and that often involves using or doing things you dont like for the sake of protecting your work/livelihood/ass/etc. Perhaps that means DMCA'ing someone. perhaps that means setting up a licensing system So people who wish to remix your work and draw inspiration from it are allowed to do so and make money from it with more confidence.
so it goes