re: #504 Islamo-Masonic Vourdalak

Um, no. That comment was written by me and I know that it is not about what’s legal.

Did anyone claim otherwise?

The “free ad” thing ruffles a lot of feathers, for good reason. Creatives hear the value of exposure argument all the time, and it’s become a kind of industry shorthand for “you’re little people so we don’t need to pay you real money.” Over time this gets incredibly frustrating and annoying, and creative types have developed all kinds of ways of pushing back.

For a hilarious example of this see “I’d Like to Pay For This with Cookies.”