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If anyone could sell the thing you just spent time and money creating for free, there would be little incentive to create the thing

In one sentence, you’ve already demonstrated that you don’t understand artists at all.

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QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
In one sentence, you’ve already demonstrated that you don’t understand how artists subsist at all. You’ve also confused the word “incentive” with “motivation”.

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- Gabu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Guess what I do for a living. You have 1 guess.
  
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  - QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Look, I understand that money isn’t the primary incentive for (hopefully all) artists. But I don’t think a system where you effectively cannot make a living as a full-time artist is beneficial for society either. Since you’re an artist, can I ask how you subsist without an alternative source of income?
    
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    Gabu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Commissions don’t give a damn about copyright. The end product is made specifically to please one person and reproductions are already worthless, since only Jimbo wants an impressionist picture of Blue Eyes White Dragon wearing a tutu. Jimbo ends up happy, since he got his picture, I end up happy, as Jimbo pays me for the time it took to paint it, and anyone else that manages to copy it can be happy as well.
    
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BURN@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
No, he understands just fine

Artists might create out of love, but they’re not going to share it for free so someone else can make a profit

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- Gabu@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  We literally do it all the time…
  
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  - BURN@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Not all artists do
    
    I’m glad your line of work allows you to make a living, but the same model doesn’t work for everyone.
    
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