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>>966499 It's not work of his own, it's work based on someone else's, and therefore a derived work. But that's not the point being made. The point was just to point out how absurd the logic in>>966438was. The claim >you'll understand that people should be paid for their work. Professional translators get paid, authors get paid, why shouldn't he?
basically is saying that because some people get paid for doing some kinds of work, everyone should get paid for doing anything resembling work.
A better argument would be that the guy is offering a service, and obviously some people have paid him for it. Whether he _should_ do commissions or not is irrelevant; if there are people who want him to translate stuff and are willing to pay him to do it, then that's what matters. Those who don't like it can simply avoid partaking of the service.
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