Information freedom is merely an ideal not a right. It is an ideal by techno-optimists. But there is no legal basis for information to be free. Indeed I agree with you that the idea of copyright contradicts the idea of information freedom. And guess what, copyright is in our constitution, and information freedom is not.
Furthermore, there is also no legal basis in differentiating copyright by the budget involved to produce the work.
Furthermore, there is also no legal basis in differentiating copyright by the budget involved to produce the work.