I'm an artist myself. Otherwise I'd have avoided this whole discussion. I like having some idea of what I'm talking about. I make art primarily because I love

I'm an artist myself. Otherwise I'd have avoided this whole discussion. I like having some idea of what I'm talking about. I make art primarily because I love the creation, and I absolutely love when my work creates a response in somebody else. But that's my love for my work and for those people, not for a vaguer society. I could see myself being really pleased over a lip dub of a song of mine. I could also see myself hating that something I'd made had leaked out without my receiving anything for the trouble. I mean, if I'm out to make a living with my work, then having it taken without compensation might not be what I'm looking for. But the point I was trying to make was that it would be my choice either way, that the work I make serves me first and society second.