You have zero concept of what freedom actually is.

You also have zero concept of the publishing industry. Requiring an author to pay to have their works published in physical format is locking that author's work behind a pay wall. When the format required for him to publish his work and sell it on his own is completely free, thanks to modern technology, and only requires him to have access to the internet long enough to publish his work. In your world, a financially broke author doesn't meet the necessary qualifications to have a shot at publishing his work, and thus doesn't deserve to make a living from it. For some reason you are incapable of seeing the value of that technology and the freedom it's provided to hundreds of millions of artists and creators all over the world, simply because you don't like it, you want to prevent others from benefiting from it. That's the mind of a dictator.

And I find it convenient how you specifically ignored the question of "How does a game content artist (such as the ones whose work keep this forum running) make their living?"