@DH's Love Child - being inspired by something is totally different than co-opting the original work. Just because The Black Keys might be big Led Zeppelin fans, doesn't mean that they are not creating original works. I'm sure dozens of movie directors are huge Hitchcock fans, but you couldn't argue that all movies by said directors were completely unoriginal.
What is at issue is the rights of these people to protect their work from unauthorized distribution, where their long hours of creation are taken away from them with a few clicks of a mouse. Creators should have the right to decide how their work is distributed. If they choose to put locks on it, that should be respected. If the choose not to, that should also be respected.
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@DH's Love Child - being inspired by something is totally different than co-opting the original work. Just because The Black Keys might be big Led Zeppelin fans, doesn't mean that they are not creating original works. I'm sure dozens of movie directors are huge Hitchcock fans, but you couldn't argue that all movies by said directors were completely unoriginal.
What is at issue is the rights of these people to protect their work from unauthorized distribution, where their long hours of creation are taken away from them with a few clicks of a mouse. Creators should have the right to decide how their work is distributed. If they choose to put locks on it, that should be respected. If the choose not to, that should also be respected.