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?"

Totally agree. Pumeco, do you realize how many digital albums and songs I and others have bought from independent artists from indie and their own websites because they have been shut out of physical formats and the entertainment industry? Also you realize those formats are a way for these artists to get their music out there when there is no other venue for the physical content? Also you realize the mark up on if I wanted to get a CD from an artist in another country versus getting the digital version? Also I've not seen these restrictions on content where I've loaded my own content stripped from my CDs and loaded on an ipod, or old tv episodes I've ripped from DVDs to watch on planes. If there is any restrictions, they come from the movie and TV industry themselves, the digital format was a way for these artists to get around that. Pumeco, I'm not sure what interweb links you're using for your information, but it sounds  like you need to delete those links because they're making you look bad regurgitating that information.