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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
You may not be entitled, but if you do it well and people benefit, should you not get some recompense. Are you for example entitled to someone mowing your lawn for free because they want to do it because it is ugly.
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Eh, no. But that does not mean that the lawn mover is entitled to get payment.
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I can't just sit in a chair and expect someone to pay me. But an author whose works are being read and enjoyed should be able to expect some compensation. Possibly there are some things you enjoy doing that could benefit others? Just how many hours a day do you devote doing the things you like to do to benefitting perfect strangers? Some people would turn green with rage at the very thought but expect authors to do this.
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If he publish the work without in advance securing compensation then I do not see how he is entitled to compensation. But the issue was really the entitlement that people writing a book expect to make money from it or being able to live on the income.