@r Sure, but why give people the power to take your creativity and expression and ruin it by making it proprietary and denying others the ability to continue the expression?

Unfortunately, some form of credit is required for people to know that an artwork isn't proprietary - as an artwork without a license or a pd dedication attached is indistinguishable from an artwork under no license.

If it wasn't for governments, you could freely publish art and bad things wouldn't happen, but of course not.