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Lionessa

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2. On the other hand, the better question is....
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 02:34 PM
Nov 2012

not why do people steal pennies from right holders...

The better question is, why weren't you paid fully and fairly for your efforts at the time of them. You folks seem to allow for your own mistreatment, by doing so much of your earnings on future sales. Why do like the rest of us, do your job, get paid, and don't worry so much that in the you are not going to be the one profiting from your toil as some will be stealing it.

For you it happens a 1000 times for pennies a piece by people who can't or won't afford it, for the rest of us it's usually one to ten people who are over us and steal our ideas, our bonuses, our benefits.

It's just no longer feasible to try to restrain the usage of information, and honestly we can't go forward if we restrain the knowledges of the past in whatever form they arise.

I used to be really where you are, but I've had to let it go and realize that rather than continuing to push against freedom of all information we need to allow for such and demand fair payment up front or upon completion of the task, from there out the world should benefit from the contribution freely.

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