From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:49:45 -0400, Dave Ings  wrote:

> I understand the sentiment, but I suspect that puts you in the minority.
> I
> believe most creative people are driven to create because it's an
> essential
> element of who they define themselves to be, and it isn't tied per se to
> particular levels of post creation artifact ownership or compensation.
>
> I believe most engineers exhibit this behavior, especially given how
> relatively poorly paid they are compared to other mainstream professions
> (law, medicine, etc).

Oh, I might still create, but I sure won't sell.  Remove protection and I'm
sure you'll see a steep drop in published works in all kinds of media.  The
state doesn't own my house simply because the police patrol my
neighborhood.

--
Gary Wiltshire

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