>how would you feel, if you operated a subscription website, if someone came along, and swiped your code and content, and put it up for free //
Well if it was 15-20 years after I created it and it had already paid out for me then I'd feel mighty fine about it.
For me this argument works at the short-term and for the artists but fails to speak at all to why the government of a country should get involved in protecting the assets of those who have already received their living wage many, many times over for something that may well have been created by their great-grandchild's employee 100 years ago.
Well if it was 15-20 years after I created it and it had already paid out for me then I'd feel mighty fine about it.
For me this argument works at the short-term and for the artists but fails to speak at all to why the government of a country should get involved in protecting the assets of those who have already received their living wage many, many times over for something that may well have been created by their great-grandchild's employee 100 years ago.