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First of all, I am happy for other people to "leech" from me, as you put it, if I can and want to support someone and they can't (or for any other reason won't). Because I believe that knowledge and culture should be free for all. If I choose to support an artist, it doesn't follow that everyone should do the same.
Second, this has been discussed before, again and again. Art started before money was even invented. There is in many of us an urge to create. Money has nothing to do with it. It may afford you more time to do it, but that is all. The urge to create is there regardless.
Look at all the free books out there. Look at all the open-source free software. Is money the driving force behind those? It's the urge to create, and the wish to share and contribute. Which are nobler than money.
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