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Artificial scarcity is fine. If I write a book, it's trivial to make a copy of that book. There are print-on-demand services that charge you a few dollars. With electronic books, it's no more than the cost of bandwidth, like software. But if you want my book, you're going to buy it through my publisher or I'll hunt you down and end you.
The idea that we have one rule for ``artwork'' and another rule for ordinary ``work'' is just dumb. Even Stallman respects copyright for artistic or literary works and doesn't think it has to meet his definition of ``free''. Sticking your feet in milk is considered art now, so I think my program that took a lot more effort should give me all the same rights to do as I like with it that some hipster with a cheap Nikon camera has.
Sorry for committing the sin of wanting money. Yes, I know there are ways to make money with free software, but if I wanted to create content I'd be some sort of content creator, and if I wanted to sell support or write books I'd be a support worker or an author. Not all of us can get a million dollars from the MacArthur Foundation plus one hundred million yen from the Takeda Foundation, on top of free equipment from MIT.