[macns]

Okay, excuse my poor choice of phrasing (not a native english speaker), and let me explain:

The threat we're currently facing from associations like MPAA is a lot bigger than any of us. Today we talk about artistic content, tomorrow it's science and cure for cancer (and that might be already happening - recently a doctor told me how he was trying to re-gain access to the university's private for students only library). That's the kind of information I was talking about, obviously not personal ones. That's what the internet made a reality and copyright breaks it.

You argue that your work has value and really, I agree with you. But we're using the world's first medium to gain popularity or whatever, and IMO we just have to accept its drawbacks, that our work (if it's good) will be shared. Many programmers for instance, they publish for free, and some may accept donations (others live by them).

I'm not saying that you should publish for free, but many individuals make this choice daily for their own reasons. I'm only hoping that as internet mentality matures, better and fairer means to compensate for intellectual work will be invented, but for now the way you're advocating copyright you're only helping the ones that already made millions off of it. If it wasn't for them, your work would probably be a lot more valuable and we would be enjoying better, genuine content.