Your question has been addressed both civily and uncivily at various times throughout the history of Renderosity and other Poser forums. Checking back in the archives might be fruitful. One search word you might try is "Barbie" since those critical of the approach of using other peoples work say it is like playing with dolls. Clearly you have your idea of "fun" and perhaps you should simply respect other peoples' idea of fun too (I'm not saying you aren't showing respect by asking the question, I'm trying to help you see other perspectives). I like to make my own bread. I might criticize others who don't bake from scratch (using a mix, or store made) as missing most of the actual fun of bread, that is the baking from scratch. The premix camp might argue that for them the fun is not in the kneeding of dough, but in having and eating the results. Another analogy might be that the actual fun of computers is not in using Word, Excel, Wordperfect, Quattro Pro, but in the programming of those programs. Perhaps your argument is not about other useful purposes of Poser, but specific to how people use Poser and then call it "Art" becasue they choose to display their work in the gallery. Well, that brings us to the definition of art. Good luck with that one. I don't consider myself an artist, I use Poser to communicate specific ideas. The extra time it takes to create the model, create the clothing etc. gets in the way, and slows down my communication. Hope my perspective helps.