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@KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social @cstross@wandering.shop @pleaseclap@urbanists.social @exception@mastodon.savvy.ch It's not about the money! It's about the CREDIT.

It's MY art, or MY novel, because I MADE it. That's what copyright protects. If you want the right to copy MY art, you must deal with ME. And the answer is, "No, you may not copy my work."

Maybe you're a publisher, and you offer me money to copy my work? Maybe I accept that money and allow you production rights to make, distribute, and sell copies of my work.

But the copyright is still MINE, for the rest of my life unless I choose to transfer it to someone else. But that's MY choice, because it's MY art.