Goodmusician,

Don't let internet lowlifes affect your passion and your desire to share it with others.

Here's a relevant story. I have a website where I offer scans of the stickers for Star Wars toys - all for free download. All the time, I see people profiting from my work with CDs of the images for sale, or even printed-out copies on adhesive paper. One ebayer even had the nerve to hotlink the images from my site. This really ticked me off, and it made me think about what I should do.

After blocking hotlinks from ebay, I decided to keep on doing what I always do. And I took it as an opportunity to try to do better than the profiteers by continually improving my work.

In the end, without an any army of lawyers, there's no way to stop people from reselling what I've done. As long as my work is out there being appreciated, that's all that matters. I can't help it if some people are too stupid to educate themselves or do a Google image search.