@appagalcrochet @liztai Not merely a matter of paying creators but obtaining permission.

If say, I had a photography blog and portraits were being scraped I wouldn't want to be paid against my will if I was aware the consent of one or more subjects to such use was in question.

And there may be creators who wouldn't want to be paid if they felt too uncomfortable by the potential use, such as in the case of more controversial applications of such datasets.