Date: 9/10/08 09:59 pm (UTC)
Depending on how I distribute it, I could have a surprising amount of control over who legally reads my book. The way I see it, distribution and property rights are the issue, rather than usage or consumer base.

If I want to enjoy the benefits of putting a product on an open marketplace, I shouldn't complain because it's bought by people I don't like, (or dwarves). It shouldn't matter whether it's songs or software or shaving foam; if I don't want to lose control of what I create, I shouldn't sell the rights to it.

I'm an artist insofar as I produce hitherto-unpublished creative work in a variety of media, and if someone refered to "the artist" in the context of that work, it would be me they were talking about. I'm not an artist in the sense that I don't actually call myself an artist.
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