Last but not least, I prefer wss which are editable (cliparts, too), because very often I decide to alter it, or very frequently I remove unnecessary cliparts.

I understand your concern and agree with you that some members pay to use clipart (I have bought some sets myself), so they don �t want other members to just copy the clipart in their wss and use (without paying).

 

My mom taught me half a century ago that we �d better ask for permission whenever we want to use other person �s property (you didn �t draw, but if you bought, you �re the owner, no doubt about that). Maybe this concept is outdated now (asking first to use other person �s belongings) or - at least - some want to make us believe that on the internet no one owns anything because everything will be copied or taken in the end.

 

If we agree with this moral "update", we �re contributing to change the internet into a worse environment with no laws or respect. I prefer to believe that the right and the wrong will always exist and we have to fight for our beliefs - even the old-fashioned ones.

 

Unfortunately the only way we have to avoid copies is reporting, reporting... and reporting once more. The more we agree with those sorts of changes in moral values, the more we contribute for them to grow, spread and be accepted as true.

 

If you bought, it �s yours and nobody has the right to use it; if you created, it �s yours and nobody has the right to use (in parts or the whole) without your permission.