I Am Not Sure If I Should Do It

@GwydionFrost The concept of owning creativity is alien to my culture. We don't assume we're owed because what we create is appreciated by others, but then we don't expect talent and creation to be used for monetary gain. Granted, these days money is important to everyday living but we largely keep work and creativity separate because you can't put a price tag on mana.

@PennyHenny I don't assume people should pay me because they appreciate my work... but when they take it for their own use without compensation or permission or accredition...?

Yeah. Got issues with that.

It's not the creativity you own-- it's the fruits of your labor. And any craftsman is going to laugh at your statement of talent and creativity not being used for gain. It's the benchmark of quality, investing talent, skill, and creativity, and thus, should equate to proper payment for time and resources spent to create the product.

@GwydionFrost You're putting your own cultural concepts on my people's cultural concepts. None of my featherwork I've done is done for anything other than the act of creation. If someone wants to buy it, fine. But if someone wants to copy it, fine.

Either way, once again, I'm not talking about walking in to a bookstore and swiping a book. I'm talking about an ebook through a library's ebook loan system that I've found can be read on my kindle instead of just my laptop. It's not like I'm reselling or telling others how to exploit a hole in the wall.

@updown2020 That's what I'm thinking. I'm crazy tempted because I read books like crazy and would love to not worry about autoreturn and waitlisting.