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Originally Posted by citac
I know many writers in several fandoms who are simply not interested in being published professionally, or being paid for their writing. Why is it so difficult to accept the idea that not everyone writes for a living, but for fun, as a hobby? Is it because writing is hard work? I paint. That too is hard work. Should I stop because of it? Should I leave academia to become a professional artist? No; I will continue to paint in spite of it being difficult and in spite of spending money on art supplies and not earning anything on it.
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If you quoted my post because of my reference to 'society profiting from it', then understand I didn't not mean only monetarily (though fanfic writers would indeed have that opportunity after copyright has expired).
I mean society would profit in the sense of benefiting from the advancement in arts, science, philosophy, culture, learning, etc which is exactly what copyright protection was meant to encourage.
ApK