[Ensorceled]

I'm curious as to why you think artists (and other people who make stuff) shouldn't want to get paid.

I write code and I expect to get paid, for instance.

[bityard]

Do all artists produce works of the same artistic, cultural, and monetary value?

[Fricken]

Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Spotify -it's all built for accessing at other people's creations, and for exploiting them.

[chelmzy]

We're talking about influencers here. Not artists.