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Ms. Toad

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23. Interesting...

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 11:02 AM

Aug 2013

But that brings up one of the thing people who find copyright too much to be bothered with don't often think of.

Some artists are very closely tied to their work - and would not have chosen to let it be used by an evangelist-type. Copyright is what would have let you (if you hadn't been happy with money) force him to tear his work apart and take your work out. With few exceptions, you don't have to let someone use your work. Even if they've already stolen and incorporated it.

(And - FWIW - even if you hadn't put a copyright notice on it, it still would have been copyright infringement for someone to just take it.)

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