As much as I dislike her and her views, J.K. Rowling would be an example wouldn't she?
Nah. Tons of merchandising, films, publishing etc.
Those Quidditch brooms and plastic wands don't assemble themselves in a sweatshop.
Think more like if some self hosted webnovel had the same success somehow, or if she'd been as involved with checking the conditions of the merchandise empire as thoroughly as she was apparently involved in making sure the child actors were treated well. Not particularly likely, but hypothetically.
Why do the merchandise sales not count? Are they not a product of her creative writing? Many webnovelists sell merch. One of my favourite webnovelists semi-recently hired an editor, would that disqualify them?
I'm a little confused on how you are defining the conditions. If the artist can only count their personal contributions than I don't think it is possible in any sense. No person no matter how hard working or talented can personally generate a billion in profit.
because made by "slaves" (low-paid workers), so the income becomes "dirty", the entire point of this post.
Add single use garbage like party favors too, which pollute the earth to the list.
As much as I dislike her and her views, J.K. Rowling would be an example wouldn't she?
Nah. Tons of merchandising, films, publishing etc.
Those Quidditch brooms and plastic wands don't assemble themselves in a sweatshop.
Think more like if some self hosted webnovel had the same success somehow, or if she'd been as involved with checking the conditions of the merchandise empire as thoroughly as she was apparently involved in making sure the child actors were treated well. Not particularly likely, but hypothetically.
Why do the merchandise sales not count? Are they not a product of her creative writing? Many webnovelists sell merch. One of my favourite webnovelists semi-recently hired an editor, would that disqualify them?
I'm a little confused on how you are defining the conditions. If the artist can only count their personal contributions than I don't think it is possible in any sense. No person no matter how hard working or talented can personally generate a billion in profit.
because made by "slaves" (low-paid workers), so the income becomes "dirty", the entire point of this post.
Add single use garbage like party favors too, which pollute the earth to the list.
"by being honest"