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 11 months agoIf 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.
BURN@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Gabu@lemmy.world 11 months ago
We literally do it all the time…
BURN@lemmy.world 11 months 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.
ActionHank@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
You misunderstand me. Artists want to be able to dedicate themselves to the development and creation of their art. Unfortunately that requires money. For most people (poor people) the only way to both be making art non-stop, and be able to live at a somewhat normal standard, is to get paid while doing it. I know many artists. I art majored. Everyone is trying to find a way to make it viable, by figuring out what they are able to sell. Sure, yeah, its for love art. It can only be so when you have someone paying your way, or you’re already retired. If your making art as a hobby and a hobby alone, you probably care little about conversations of IP. For one because your original work is protected immediately upon creation, and for two, IP is about protecting commercial interest. You made the thing for no reason than to satisfy your own interest. You don’t really care if anyone paid you or not, you would have done it anyways, therefore IP doesn’t really concern your hobby. As soon as you take the thing to gallery, and put a price tag on it, your no different than anyone else trying to see what they can make a buck off of.
QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 11 months 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”.
Gabu@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Guess what I do for a living. You have 1 guess.
QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 11 months 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?
Gabu@lemmy.world 11 months 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.