"These days however, most artists who create commodities aimed at the proletariat, are themselves bourgeoisie, from old money families, or at least the product of nepotism, since forcing a brand into the public consciousness is ridiculously capital intensive."
Or in other words it's a joke to say it deprives the artist of money. Since when has a pirated artist every been the artist short of money? It's the ones without the mass market deals who need the money.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
