[adamauckland]

Morality aside, an artist who entirely copies someone else's work would be looked down upon because they are not original or creating anything novel or new.

[pixl97]

So scribes were looked down upon in the middle ages for making copies of books before the printing press?

I think in the tech industry we get caught up on 'novel' and 'new' because duplication is cheap to the point of almost free.

[CatWChainsaw]

Scribes were not authors. They were expected to copy. Bad faith.

[robertlagrant]

Morality is the only thing I'm querying here. No point changing the topic.