Reply #19: Why should I take you seriously about copyright ever again?

[Occulus]

I just love you copyright apologists. You wiggle and cry about "steeeeaaaaaling from the aaaaarrrtist" (read in a really really whiny annoying voice), and yet, when an artist comes forward and says something which could be construed as giving permission to download the work, somehow, you maintain that position.

Why should I or anyone ever take you seriously about copyright issues ever again, Atman? You've just proven how starkly inconsistent you yourself are on this issue. I've seen other copyright apologists do the exact same thing when someone else has said what amounts to "go ahead and download it as long as you don't profit from it", and I can't understand why you're so willing to erode your own position this way.

The sad, sad fact is that the copyright apologists on this board are not consistent in their opinions. If you people were, you would immediately back off from it when "the artist" gives permission. Yet, you don't, somehow.

So, could you explain why I or anyone else should ever again take you seriously on this one issue? I say this because, as a sometime artist, there may come a time when I actually want someone to see something I made for free, and I don't want to have to deal with unjustified interference from the likes of you.