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[...] Almost all of us could be making more money elsewhere (though we may dream of earning a stephenkingload of money, and of course, no one would play the lotto if there were no winners). The primary incentive for writing has to be artistic satisfaction, egoboo, and a desire for posterity. Ebooks…

Writers can't ask readers not to interpret their work. You
can't enjoy a novel that you haven't interpreted — unless you
model the author's characters in your head, you can't care
about what they do and why they do it. And once readers model
a character, it's only natural that readers will take…

the realpolitik of unauthorized use is that users are not required to secure permission for uses that the rights holder will never discover