Creators Too Like to be Paid for Their Work by Sarah Howes for the Copyright Alliance: An opinion piece on the importance of payment over “exposure.” 

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In a marketplace where creativity is undervalued, creators desperately need the power to say no. No to projects, no to “exposure,” and no to piracy sites that give their labors away for free. Saying “no” also provides creators more time and autonomy to say “yes” to the projects more fitting of their vision and capacity.