If you don't "feel entitled to get paid," then what do you really have to complain about when someone wants it for free? I'm not complaining. I'm trying t

If you don't "feel entitled to get paid," then what do you really have to complain about when someone wants it for free? I'm not complaining. I'm trying to understand a perspective that I'm having a hard time empathizing with. And don't you think it's a little unfair that you'd attribute to others a "sense of entitlement" and to you a "virtue of good fortune" for participating in comparable behavior? Not in the slightest, since as I said above I don't feel entitled to payment for it. But I'm certainly happy that I can support myself via the creation of non-physical works. I recommend you stop using the phrase "sense of entitlement" What would you prefer that I use? I'm not going to call it the "right" to the free, unfettered access to the non-physical creations of others, because I don't believe it is a right. You are entitled to payment for your work. Others are entitled to culture and attention management. You give some of yours, others give some of theirs. And everybody argues that they are giving more than the other, so as to get the best deal they can get for what they offer. That seems like a good summary of the perspective. Thanks.