I feel copying should just be based on how successful the thing is (like probably most normies). I feel it's fine to copy software and games that have sold hundreds of thousands, but an artstyle in which a single person has developed from years of work isn't right to take... but i aint an artist ┐(ﾟ～ﾟ)┌
Copying directly harms, but only in a fixed amount that depends on the medium. An entire ai model capable of generating an infinite amount of an artstyle cuts away from an artist's smaller amount, but a single copy of some years-old adobe product means fuck-all when all 100 billion editing studios just pay a thousand or so a year for premiere anyway
i mean hey, i pirated adobe and all my ds games were on an R4, i think it's fine to get copying ヽ(´∇`)ノ

>>153700
I'd disagree. Some artists enjoy the process of making art on it's own, with or without a massive audience. Being compensated for it and making it your main income is what helps fuel that, and training an AI model based on your artistic identity doesn't exactly bring new customers in.