at NUMBER NUMBER am NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER adam l beberg wrote if the creator didnt say you could have it without paying it s theft so simple hell that s even in all the major holy books in which world are we talking about that may be true for the first sale but once something is out in the world the creator loses control if i buy a chair you built and then decide to give it away to my neighbor by you re definition he just stole from you fair use needs to be clarified a bit and then i hope they start locking people up how else do i ever have hope of finding a job working for someone that makes things people are supposed to drumroll pay for why is it that people don t understand that giving stuff away is a perfectly acceptable tactic in capitalist businesses in many places it s called advertising buy one get one free free shipping on any order over NUMBER buy this couch and get a coffee table for free free popcorn with any movie rental free doorprize to the first NUMBER people who enter the author will be signing books for free at such and such bookstore access to free stuff often helps to sell other stuff just because you and the entertainment industry it seems can t be creative enough to come up with a business model to leverage free stuff into paid stuff don t take it out on the rest of us mike URL 