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Originally Posted by blackmonsters
Now that's where you become arrogant and start to act like the artist is indebted to
you. Trust me, it's bullshit. People pay the artist because without them our world would
be boring as hell. People turn on the free TV today and have a hard time realizing
what it took to make that happen and therefore "take it for granite". It took money to
make free TV happen and that's why you have to watch the commercials.
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I don't take anything for granite. I might take it for quartz or marble, but not granite.
I'm artist myself, so I know what you're talking about. I don't look at things from the perspective of someone that just consumes and doesn't create anything. I have things in my pipeline now that I'm hoping won't be ripped and rampantly given away for free by every kid with an internet connection.
I'm just saying there's two ends of the spectrum. Wearing a logo on a shirt, or having a song in some harmless Youtube video should be something an artist can be happy to have running wild out there. It creates awareness of their product. I was saying there's a huge difference between that, and making a business from, and selling someone else's work -- or just giving it away because you're some kind of internet Robin Hood who thinks he's smashing paradigms and sticking it to the man -- when in actuality he's hurting the artist.
All I'm saying is that there nuances to the argument. It can't just be black and white.