> Image copyright is now practically a dead letter if you're an amateur. Why would an amateur care about copyright? The whole point of copyright is to grant a

> Image copyright is now practically a dead letter if you're an amateur. Why would an amateur care about copyright? The whole point of copyright is to grant a monopoly to a work's creator in order for him to make money. If he's trying to make money, he's not an amateur (viz., someone doing it out of love — hence the word). An amateur certainly wouldn't care about the market for commercial photos!