>> "I never felt that an organization had the right to prevent me from accessing a piece of our culture because they have a piece of paper." All paintings, mus

>> "I never felt that an organization had the right to prevent me from accessing a piece of our culture because they have a piece of paper." All paintings, music, theater, opera, digital photographs, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera: So this is all free then? Sounds good to me. I mean, if you're telling me I'm entitled to all of this, I guess that's pretty cool. Not sure my friends who went to film school will like not having jobs, but if that's what the world owes me... too bad for them. >> "Which is all to say: it isn't the paying for it that makes people oppose copyright. It's who we'd have to pay." You don't like music executives. I don't like banks. But if I want to buy a house I'm going to have to go through one in all likelihood. Because I hate bankers, that does not entitle me to a free house. And what do you do professionally? What if a large part of the country decided they don't like your industry, and that you shouldn't be paid for any of your services or goods?