Your distinction is an important one, but I think it amounts to the same effect in the end. Back then, you couldn't make money by selling many copies of your a

Your distinction is an important one, but I think it amounts to the same effect in the end. Back then, you couldn't make money by selling many copies of your art because making copies was too difficult. Now, you can't make money by selling copies of your art because making copies is too easy. But in both cases, the effect on the artist is the same: he cannot sell many copies, so he must find other ways. Like concerts and patronage.