It’s legit terrifying whenever I step out of my little bubble and realize the level of copyright cocksuckery that is normalized in online artist communities.
Legitimately so horrifying to realize that whenever you’re in any big online artist community on ANY platform, you’re almost definitely sharing that space with people who regard concepts such as “stealing a color palette” not as ridiculous ideas that should be laughed at but as legitimate and serious Art Crimes.
And it’s not like a “Breaking news: One Guy said something stupid online, society is doomed” type of situation. Like it’s not some kind of fringe position it’s something that a not insignificant number of people legitimately believe.
Imagine saying “that’s why musicians will sue each other over 5 seconds of a song where the rhythm is too directly similar” with the implication that musicians suing each other over 5 seconds of a song where the rhythm is too directly similar is a good, reasonable thing that’s desirable to emulate in the visual arts space and not legitimately one of the most straight-up demonic practices that have taken hold in the music industry.
If you think that’s a good thing that can be used as justification for acting the same way in the visual arts space or any other medium I as a musician kinda wanna bash your head in with a brick ngl.
I would love to hear these people’s take on famous painters teaching their students by having them make copies of the teacher’s paintings, and that a lot of those paintings that still exist are treated with almost as much respect and care as the originals.
