> Because when I go to a live performance, watch a movie, browse an art gallery, etc., I am training my brain on copyrighted work
you paid for it and enjoyed it in the way the artist intended.
> I am training my brain on copyrighted work.
too bad your brain alone is useless.
You need good hands to replicate much of the copyrighted works you "trained" your brain on.
> No artist has developed their style in a vacuum.
some absolutely did, indeed.
Just look at the school of film and animation that artists in USSR developed while separated from the rest of the World.
They are unique and completely different from what the west was used to (Disney)