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While I would certainly support a donation standard, I don't think it should be mandatory.
An author should be free to distribute their works as they see fit. In democratic societies at least.
A person who writes is as much an owner of the fruits of their labor as a person who makes chocolate Easter Bunnies.
Total entitlement of all people to all information would lead to many people not sharing that information in any form whatsoever.
There are many people who do something solely because it needs to be done, but the majority of people expect recompense.
I would be more lenient towards someone stealing a medication that could save a loved one from cancer or even drugs if one is addicted, but a book or a movie? Where is the justification there.
Perhaps if it was a $10,000 book/movie that was needed to complete one's education so one could work for a pittance to benefit humanity. Even that theory has holes in it.
Helen
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