We creators of "intellectual property" tend to forget that the property generally has to be transformed into something tangible before it can be transferred to someone else. Especially if we intend to make money off of it.
I may write a story or a song, but someone else sees to the formatting of that story or song into a book or a CD or sheet music or even into a digital file to be posted to the Web. Those people have to be paid, too. Their contributions are as "create-ive" as are mine and it's not just "my" work.
If I choose to do my own tangible formatting, then I have less time to produce purely intellectual work. I suppose I could travel around singing my untransformed songs or reading my stories to audiences and never sell autographed CDs or books.
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We creators of "intellectual property" tend to forget that the property generally has to be transformed into something tangible before it can be transferred to someone else. Especially if we intend to make money off of it.
I may write a story or a song, but someone else sees to the formatting of that story or song into a book or a CD or sheet music or even into a digital file to be posted to the Web. Those people have to be paid, too. Their contributions are as "create-ive" as are mine and it's not just "my" work.
If I choose to do my own tangible formatting, then I have less time to produce purely intellectual work. I suppose I could travel around singing my untransformed songs or reading my stories to audiences and never sell autographed CDs or books.