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Art can only be art when it's scarce? I do believe you'll find a lot of artists that disagree with you.



They'd certainly disagree with the person who said that, but it doesn't seem to be me. Sorry for the snark, but you're putting words into my mouth: I said that scarcity has value, hence the popularity of 'limited runs' of prints and albums. No judgment about what is or isn't art included.


Partially. But you also said that:

>Treating these like talking greeting cards is like treating art as paper and ink.

Which is pretty clearly implying talking greeting cards are not art. And since I doubt you're claiming novelty == art, and the only other thing you mentioned was scarcity...

A weak connection on closer examination, I'll admit.




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