i'm not a well-known artist well, many here aren't (i guess) and i have some great stuff i would like to share with people like you, however:
i see a riff
i play it
it sounds cool
i feel happy i played a cool riff
almost nobody knows that riff
see the temptation??
why shouldn't i steal it? coz it would be stealing!
i know i wouldn't steal, how can i be sure nobody else does?
it's really hard to protect your stuff that way coz even if you had copyright how could you know if somebody from indonesia (for example, i have nothing against indonesians) is playing your stuff saying it's his and gets payed for it?
that is very important for me since i don't want my music tanted with money (see my signiture?)