It would be nice of you to cite the illustrators name when posting their work like this...I am sure Adrian Tomine would appreciate it.

Normal people sometimes sue for frivolous thing if they can not afford the medical bill.

homeopathic pills rid me of warts on my legs. I don't care if they are basically placebos if they work. (worked better than the band-aidy things you can get in the pharmacy!).

IVAN256 - downloading is not yet illegal in Canada due to a loophole:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_copyright_law#Music_Recordings

My mom has being doing this for years. It's bloody confusing if you don't know where an author is from!

JED ALEXANDER - do we need to remind you that Janeane Garofalo is a comedian?

It should be my right as an illustrator to choose who I work for. I would never say yes to an offer from the Church of Scientology, or the Catholic church for that matter, but under this bill, I could be denied the right to say no.

Also, registering every sketch, every version, and every final I create would cost a gazillion dollars- just think of how much one sketch session in the subway could cost!

I did read the link. However, I buy art for a living. If someone asks me for the name of an artist I used a few years ago, I offer up the info without expecting a job out of it. I don't even expect any credit for the find. I don't see how this is different.

pepsi_max2k - You can have all kinds of imagery in you head without knowing where to buy the things you need to bring it to reality. Her stylist may have asked several people where they sourced African beads before they found this one.

I'll have to take note next time someone asks me where I got my cool Columbian shoes, and accuse them of copying me when only slightly similar shoes show up in their videos.