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I paid tuition. The library bought its books. The theater sold me a ticket. Money changed hands every step, which is the part your analogy skips.

Where did money change hands when you looked at a random image on DeviantArt and got inspired and made a similar image yourself?

	▲	badlibrarian 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Most artists considered it a one to one exchange. They appreciated attribution and were flattered to inspire people. Some got gigs. Some got laid. The money flowed to DeviantArt, hosting providers, and ad providers. The artists were okay with this. They were the ones paying. Then DeviantArt built a tool to automate the "make a similar image yourself" part and here we are. It removed all the fun parts: the personal contact, the attribution, the inspiration. Artists realized they unwittingly contributed to the death of not only the community, but the art form they love. Lawsuits pending.

Seriously. I recall a thousand hours of movies. Those memories sit in my head and I pay no royalties

pluc 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Put what you recall on paper, turn it into a screenplay. Let me know how quickly you get sued.

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

	▲	badlibrarian 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Trillion dollar companies license.

One could argue most screenplays are derivative.

	▲	badlibrarian 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Hollywood has extraordinarily well-defined controls for keeping things legal and everyone in the chain compensated. Plus a separate Oscars category for it.
	▲	analog8374 an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I heard somewhere there's like eight basic plots or something. and everything else is just an elaboration on that

True, they live in your head rent free. But if you produce a derivative work, you have to pay.