Jeff, Exactly. What I was trying to say is that the expectation of getting something for free is well established, even to the point where copyright laws are broken. Looking back at my response, I probably didn't do a very good job of it, though. When I put an image on a web site, I assume that folks may be keeping a copy of it. In a way, they are downloading copyrighted material just like Napster. Note that I am not giving permission and I still would be upset to see someone using the image for profit or self-promotion. Dave Jeff Spirer wrote: > At 08:20 PM 12/9/2002 -0500, Dave Buyens wrote: > > Napster went broke as soon as folks had to pay for copyrighted music. > > This is completely wrong. > > Napster went broke because an industry that rips off artists via > exploitative contracts and rips off customers via price fixing failed to > realize the potential of free advertising when it was slapping it > in the face. >
