Copyright & Copyleft

My stance on copyright is that I believe that it is a fair policy. Ones hard work should never be stolen. Take bands for example, if you always pirate a bands music, how do you expect them to keep making music if they make no money? It's almost a big slap in the face to the artists you enjoy. I for one enjoy buying CD's every so often. Having that hard copy in my hand is just what I like. My stance on copyleft is that I think that it is also fair. If you want to use another artists work for a project or whatever, as long as you give the artist the credit they deserve, I see nothing wrong with it. The sad part is that so many people are pirating others work that they are ruining the art in itself. I know for one that a ton of music stores have had to be shut down just because nobody wants to go buy cd's anymore. I know that I would never want someone to steal my work if I had put that much hard work into it.