There’s income related to making and sharing digital media. It’s not as simple as a simple monetary transaction, but there’s income in social media presence and exposure which can be converted into monetary income. In any case, by removing the signature, the person is intentionally cutting that income stream from the artist.
It’s more difficult to argue that it’s stealing, since even though the person removing attribution from an artist is taking something from the artist, they’re not necessarily gaining it for themselves.
There’s income related to making and sharing digital media. It’s not as simple as a simple monetary transaction, but there’s income in social media presence and exposure which can be converted into monetary income. In any case, by removing the signature, the person is intentionally cutting that income stream from the artist.
It’s more difficult to argue that it’s stealing, since even though the person removing attribution from an artist is taking something from the artist, they’re not necessarily gaining it for themselves.