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Originally Posted by barryem
While there have been a lot of examples of this and some time periods where it was usually the case, there have been lots of examples of writers who wrote for the love of it. Plato, for example, and most of the Greek writers. And most of the Roman writers. And many of the British writers. Copyright didn't begin in England till 1710. Shakespeare and Chaucer and Christopher Marlowe and Milton, for example.
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Shakespeare didn't write for the love of it, it was his job.
He earned his living from putting on plays.