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by forgotmyoldname 1686 days ago
It didn't. The Mona Lisa was a work specially commissioned by a family.

The modern version of that is someone paying an artist to commission a unique work. What changed? Nothing. The Mona Lisa was copied, and digital works can be copied. But nobody else is getting the custom ordered work that you paid for. Only you got your dream painting--everyone else just copied or downloaded a nice looking painting.