Looking beyond those ridiculous annoyances that Copyright has to offer, it does claim to be quite beneficial in a few circumstances. I mean, why else did that one guy invent it centuries ago? Copyright was most likely an entirely different concept back then, ya think? “Intellectual Property” as it is currently portrayed, puts a padlock on the earth’s hidden talents, causing them to remain hidden. Why have artists put their beautiful works on lock down? Must they get paid, paid, and paid again? Look at Disney? They don’t look like they’re going broke anytime soon and they have put our beloved characters such as Donald, or Goofy behind bars! I believe allowing one to post an author’s magnificent piece on their website would open hundreds of new doors. I mean, hey… the author’s talents would be broadcasted all over the vast crevices of the world wide web. They would enjoy recognition galore! One question though, why do so many artists disallow this advantage? Could it be trust, perhaps? I totally grasp, in this case, that Copyright is going a little awry. That brings us all down to one disturbing conclusion, we don’t trust anyone. Now if we don’t trust anyone, how could we trust ourselves? No, don’t get upset, is that the way we must live our lives? It’s become a very GRINCHY world folks, you as well as I understand that too well. If we have a specific talent, it is nice to be paid for it, but wouldn’t it be cool to share it too? Copyright has fallen into the hands of greedy individuals and trust me, it is going to get much much worse. I know you have some beautiful talents out there, why don’t you show your stuff for free? Not like we can afford anything in this era.