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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
1. What makes artists different? Most people work in jobs they don't particularly think are the most interesting in the world. They still have to survive, though.
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I think you've misunderstood the point that's being made. The people who are arguing that artists should create their work "for free" are the ones who seem to be saying that artists are different to other people, who expect to be paid for their work. Of course an artist doesn't have a "right" to be paid for what they create, but they certainly have a right to put a price on it, and let the market decide whether or not that price is worth paying.
What I really don't understand is this strange idea what people who write books should be "happy" to live on "donations", rather than being able to say "my book costs $x. Pay that if you want to read it". There's absolutely nothing wrong with selling a book for a fixed price.