the_shadow
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I don't expect any such thing.So you expect people to give up their time and expertise for free.
You previously stated that you wouldn't pay people who monitored your security cameras and notified the police. So yeah, you do expect people to give up their time (watching the security footage) and expertise (distinguishing what it suspicious activity vs. what is not, which would require some experience to do well) for free.
But consider: Mozart created all of his great works in a time when copyrights simply didn't exist at all. Yet somehow, he still managed to get paid and live and die like a rockstar.
Mozart was hired to compose and perform for the benefit of aristocrats and royalty. CDs and digital distribution didn't exist back in those days, so he didn't need to worry about freeloaders recording his performances and sharing them on some sort of 18th century internet.
Are you saying that the crud people turn out today is somehow better than Mozart?
Who cares? Obviously the 'crud' that is being turned out has some value if software pirates are willing to spend their finite time consuming it.
How did stuff ever get created at all back then?
Artists had creative skills that were hard to replicate, and rich sponsors who were willing to pay for those creative skills.