Oy, calm down guys. :[ No one is forcing their opinions on anyone else. You're just like on the extremes of both ends here, yikes.
Eryu, I agree with your description of literature. I also agree with Smeag in his description of art. Anyone can write, and anyone can make art. I don't believe that either is higher than the other - they both need some imagination and brainpower behind them, after all. That also means it's offensive to see both art and literature being taken advantage of.
Eryu, I tend to lean more towards your side, since I am a fellow artist and don't often see the imagination put behind writing. It doesn't mean that there isn't any there, though, and I can still see that writers work really hard behind their works. Wouldn't that mean that they'd get just as much soul torn out if their works were copied?
-Nikira