AAARRGGGHHHH ... people still stealing my work

Jim Leonard trixter at oldskool.org
Mon Feb 23 08:58:44 CST 2009


Evan Koblentz wrote:
> What some call mirroring, others call stealing.

My $0.02:  If I provided the content for free, never charged for the 
content, never intended to charge for the content, and someone else 
copies the content and puts it online with all authorship notices 
intact, I don't consider that stealing.  If anything, I consider it good 
archival practice and a bit of flattery.

If this were a commercial work then I would obviously see it 
differently.  But you'll excuse me if I'm having trouble seeing it from 
your perspective, as someone who has made many personal works available 
for free under various licenses (opencontent, creative commons, public 
domain, commercial use only).
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