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Originally Posted by HappyMartin
As a photographer I agree 100%. Sorry guys but I need to eat. I don't have huge reserves that allow me to give stuff away and hope someone will take pity on me and slip be $20 now and again.
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There are other types of creativity that are not protected by copyright, probably because it is much harder to copy them.
For example, suppose I design & build a totally unique house. Of course that would be news worthy so you might take a picture of my house and sell it to News Week. Then they might publish it in their magazine for the world to see. Now guess what. I can not legally copy that picture and use it in my local builder's newsletter because News Week owns the copyright. Everyone got compensation for my creative work but me because I am not protected.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
One of those downsides is a LOT of people who stop giving us information or entertainment, because there's nothing in it for them. That's a lot of loss.
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Steve, some of that would not be too much of a loss, and definitely
do not mean you. Of course opinions and tastes vary.