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Originally Posted by Penelope420  Exactly. And keep in mind, most artists (be it musicians or visual artists) are NOT making millions of dollars. Most of us are barely scraping by, and copyright theft hurts us the most.
Theft and income loss aside, it just devalues art in general as though it's not something worth paying for. That makes me sad.  |
Artists are broke because the record labels keep all the profits from the sales... they pay the artists whatever measly rate they will accept
before the album is ever made. Copyright infringement does not affect the artists at all... and the budren of proof is on you guys to show otherwise.
You know what makes me sad... "artists" who are in it for the money. That's not art... that's prosititution. Art is not about capitalizing on the work of others by charging them to experience your creation... it's about spreading your creation for all to experience the beauty of human nature and expression; don't drag art down into the material world.
A true artist wouldn't care that people experienced their work for free... only that they enjoyed it.