> If I managed to find someone to pay to get a copy of your post, would that mean you'd lose money? Indeed, I would be losing a non-negative amount (call it X)

> If I managed to find someone to pay to get a copy of your post, would that mean you'd lose money? Indeed, I would be losing a non-negative amount (call it X) of money that I could have earned, if you were to commit that crime. You should rather ask me for my permission. I will then have my options to lend you my copyright either for free (X = 0), for $y (X = $y), or not allow you to do so at all. If you do it anyway, then my losses would be at least the amount you sell it for; I might have been planning to sell it for more when the demand rises. I am not sure if I am immediately granted such a copyright for my comments here, though.