The 'smoker' analogy is incorrect...

It's more like... You employ an agent to sell your art...

The agent doesnt sell your art as you made it, they cut it up, repaint over bits, and generally mess with it.

When you complain, the agent tells you they have a TOS that allows them to treat your stuff as if it was theirs, and to hell with you.

This site exists because we upload to it... They are not 'kind hosts' doing us a favour, they make money of our work, they at least owe us an honest explanation...