>> Sorry, but standing next to someone, creating nothing, and then providing an invoice for payment does not comprise the creation of “an original work of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression”.

Is promoting a narrow interpretation of “tangible medium of expression” and of “authorship” that excludes the observer’s brain your way of saying that you don’t value the work, creativity, spontaneity, privacy sharing, and inspiration that results from hanging out with someone else? Do you really want to go on record as saying you don’t value the creator’s expression and impression on his/her audience’s mind and the work required on his/her part?

What if the audience then goes on to create a work that derives ideas and expressions arrived at with the help of that valuable hanging out moment? What if the observer records the moment and makes lots of money afterward? Are you saying that you think the original creator is not entitled to a cut of the profits or injunctive relief?

What kind of anon ac troll are you!

It’s because of fake trolls like yourself that in this day and age we still have many slaves performing and creating purely and exclusively for the sake of others without receiving a dime in compensation.

It’s as if you don’t value people’s time or think creativity falls from a tree.

Hanging-outers have been exploited for far too long, and if our Congress depends on the opinion of people like yourself, it will be years still before this injustice has been corrected.