I don't think it's unfair to have someone else (humans or machines) learn something from my writing.

I sometimes get paid for an article I wrote and offered to some publishing house to publish. It would be unfair from my side to then ask…

I don't think it's unfair to have someone else (humans or machines) learn something from my writing. If I thought so, I wouldn't publish any of my writings.

I sometimes get paid for an article I wrote and offered to some publishing house to publish. It would be unfair from my side to then ask for extra compensation when my content gets consumed, because I was already paid for my work.

This intellectual property bullshit has got to stop. The internet is a public forum, and anything published on it is a fair game. To those who don't like to freely share their thoughts, the message should be -- don't publish those precious thoughts.