> I still think creators should be credited/paid for their work. This has nothing to do with: > I don't think people should expect free TV shows The informa

> I still think creators should be credited/paid for their work. This has nothing to do with: > I don't think people should expect free TV shows The information was created. The actual creators in most cases were paid, on a salary, by a company. They did get their money. The company funding them just expects perpetual returns using the copyright framework of the host countries legal system. It is an artificial investment industry, but that is how it works for probably 99% of sold copyright works by volume. Just remember, while copyright imparts a false scarcity upon (through modern technology) non-scarce information, there is a scarce good involved, the time and effort of skilled creators, and that like in every other industry ever you can bill for that as much as any other skill, regardless of who is paying you to do it.