I get the feeling that these backlashes are mostly about no longer having "control" over the creative minority via money and media-exploitation. Especially in

I get the feeling that these backlashes are mostly about no longer having "control" over the creative minority via money and media-exploitation. Especially in the case of Amanda Palmer none of these people bitching about her had ever heard of her before and don't care about her work. People just don't seem to like the idea that those "artsy types" can now get money to do their thing without having to whore themselves out to the entertainment industry and the media, and to the larger public by way of the latter.