[WalterSear]

There's a lot of art out there.

[mkramlich]

And almost all of it can be enjoyed for free, without its creators ever seeing a penny.

Artists practically invented the 'race to the bottom' effect.

The Internet and digital media came late to the party, magnified the effect, then widened the number of domains impacted

[WalterSear]

They also invented the 'sea of mediocrity' effect.