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"... I believe that art, in all its forms, and creative people of all types, benefit tremendously from free information. When a writer (for example) is able to take the work of another writer and use it and modify it and build upon it in his own work, the artist benefits and so does the world. When an artist can take the photographs of another person and use them to create something new and brilliant, that’s a beautiful thing. Everyone wins [...] Corporations might suffer, especially the media giants who have been making billions off proprietary media, but artists will still be able to make a living..." -- Free Art License

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