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There isn't one, but the copyright cartel has conned almost everybody into thinking there is.
Not accurate at all. If I buy a Blu-ray or a DVD that can't be taken away from me... But if I "buy" a movie online (namely from a streaming service) my access to it can be removed at their discretion. It's happened plenty before, and as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, is happening again on PlayStation.
What they have the practical power to do and what they should be legally entitled to do are entirely separate things. You can't infer that just because a thug got away with breaking your kmeecaps, his protection racket must've been legal.
You're right in thinking law is moral, because morals have a historical character, and a class character, much like laws, and are shaped by the ruling class. However, because you ignore class, you can't properly analyze what "law is moral" means. For example, copyright is moral in capitalism, because it "protects artists' rights" and "copying is stealing" and whatnot. Lobbying is moral, because the entire parliamentary system is set up with the goal of letting the rich "invest" into the political "marketplace of ideas".
However, the fact law is moral under capitalism doesn't mean the law is "eternally" moral. Capitalism is harming humanity, so it must go, alongside its morals. You are right that in the future, copyright won't exist. However, for such a change in the political superstructure, according economical changes are required. Until capitalism is gone, there are no reasons for copyright to magically disappear, and a billion reasons for it to keep existing.
It's more like: despite the lip service capitalists give to the almighty "Free Market," they've never met a monopoly they didn't like. And copyright is literally nothing more than a government-granted monopoly.
I'm not saying it's right, but this is what happens when you're sold a physical item compared to the license to view an item, which is what we're now being sold. It's bullshit, but to say what you did in your op is categorically incorrect.