Harold,

It's not a bad compromise. In a way, with the rapid pace of information, you could argue that 14 years is a hell of a long time.

I do think on the one hand there's a lot to be said for giving away a good deal of your intellectual property (demonstrating what your potential might be, increasing knowledge/awareness, etc.). At the same time, it'd be good to reap some financial fruit from the application of your talent.

Not that I've hit that point yet.

Copyrights, patents, and trademarks are all coming up against new ways of thinking -- but each field contains many longtime stakeholders, and the biggest players can afford Jarndycian legal action.

There are those who note that the Sonny Bono Act came into play just as the first mouse drawings by one Walter Elias Disney were about to fall into the public domain.