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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

You're right... so many of them write, and offer their works for others to read, out of the goodness of their hearts. And you want to repay their kindness by not giving them anything for their labors? Not even so much as a "Thank you, sucker?" How fair is that?

I have never said that. But what has that to do with if some entity that you still have not specified has fairness as a goal?

Do I have a right to tell you how much money you have a right to earn in your job (assuming you have one), or in your life? Then exactly what gives you the right to tell me what I have a right to earn?

What has this to do with the discussion. It is you that want somebody to have the right to tell people how much they have a right to earn since you seem to want some external entity that enforces fairness.