> The second is a world where every piece of art is an advertisement. Every video, every picture, every song is no longer the expression of the artist, but rather a vessel used to promote a product. Artists will lose their free expression in exchange for advertising space.
I disagree with these two worlds. I'm a "digital artist" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeA5A_g8EHQ). I'm not famous, and I make no money at it. Yet my drive to create art has never been stronger. This is the case with many artists I know. They make no money, and yet it is their passion. They work side jobs to support themselves. If anything, the difficulty to survive is a filter.
The second vision has not come true either. Nothing would be more disgusting to many artists than to turn their passions into an advertisement. We find other ways to pay the bills, even if it means working jobs we would rather not work so we can create our art. I believe the probability your art will be used for advertisements is MUCH higher once you've "made it."
All that said, I support the mission of this project, though I don't subscribe to the dystopian view of the future of the arts.