Not at all. Rather, it&#x27;s that your heuristic of &quot;providing value&quot; breaks down spectacularly in the face of even the most casual observations of consumer demand. Whether value is provided by copying bits is arguable, that artists add value to society is not even worth debating. Producing an album is bespoke labor as well, just work that, as such, typically goes uncompensated. And to the extent that these are merely symptoms of a market in flux, as opposed to the stratifications of a class system, it undermines that analysis to make the tired assertion that poverty wages are the price one pays for &quot;following one&#x27;s passion&quot; (albeit very specific passions).<p>In any event, I suspect that you don&#x27;t know many &quot;so-called artists&quot;. May you have a long and prosperous career, and retire young before the market value for your passions is reduced to zero.