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Originally Posted by Rykion The number of people who would pay to create and distribute information for free is pretty small. The quality of the vast majority of the work would be amateur  when compared to the quality of work people actually pay for. Go to any free art website and you'll see dozens of poor artists for each good artist. |
I think you misunderstand my point. I'm not saying that people should create things for free. I'm saying that it's ridiculous to require everyone who accesses that creation to pay for it.
I think it's fair to make people pay to use art/material/information if they intend to make direct profit from it.
But when was the last time you paid to see a Norman Rockwell painting? Not an actual painting, but a copy thereof. I bet you could do an internet search for Norman Rockwell, find images of his paintings, right-click and Save Image As, and then have access to that image for free for the rest of your life.
Thief? Criminal?
Artists have to get paid or there will be little art going around. But everyone who experiences that art does not have to pay for that experience.
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