Reply by MsDebbieP

I am a firm believer in copyright—if someone is using a format to share their craft while earning an income from it, then who am I to steal from them.

Now, on the other hand, I am seeing, more and more, (as I have mentioned before) a trend towards “open source” where the goal is to share information and vision and ideas without claiming ownership.

So, while I support copyright, I am also searching for the “copyright free” options. I think it is the way of the future.

(and re: copyright, once you write it/draw it/ speak it.. the idea is yours. Being on the internet does not change the copyright rules.)
There are lots of FREE things out there. You just have to do a little searching. Or look at an idea and change it to be your own. We have a lot of creative people in here; I’m sure no one would have troubles with adapting an idea to make it their own.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)