Originally Posted by Bama

I'm not in favor of writers receiving royalty checks, but then again, I'm not in favor of actors receiving them either.

I buy a car but I don't pay a royalty check to the factory workers who put it together every time I pass another 1000 miles on the odometer. I own Word, but I don't pay Microsoft a royalty for every keystroke typed.

Pay the people and pay them well - but the profits belong to the ones who foot the bill for production.