| I have some questions for you to think about: You have said above that : > My content is mine Okay. So how do you define your content? If you write something, you are using an alphabet that others have over a long period of developed.
You use combinations of alphabetic characters to form words that have also been developed over time by others.
You use combinations of words in particular ways that are semantically meaningful because of the development of that semantics over time by others. If you draw something, you again are using form and structure that is comprehensible because such things have been developed by others before you over long periods of time. Any ideas you have are based on what has been shown to you by others and these ideas are a part of the collective intelligence of societies. So, if you expect others to > ask for, and get permission, to do so Have you done so yourself? There is an old old saying that there is nothing new under the sun. All to often, people seem to claim for themselves a privilege that they will not allow others to utilise. My wife is an artist (in various areas) and people are willing to pay her for some of her works because they like her renditions. Yet, all of her art is based on what she has seen in the world around her. I love her handiwork, but none of it is solely hers. It is based on what has gone before her. An addendum: If people think your stuff is worth something and they want you to create it for them then they will pay you what they think it is worth and not what you think it is worth. |