And with art, fortune follows fame, working more or less the same way. Generally, the market for computer art has been problematic, since no one knows what the original is. Digital art obsolesces the notion of the original. It is something else, especially if it never leaves the realm of the computer. There is a continuum between all measurable phenomena and all media using digital processes.
Art is about change and transformation, and is partly process.
On the Internet, the users or audience are part of that process and part of that artwork. The original is the experience, and everyone has their own, original artwork in their mind. If money is power, then information is money is power. Hits on a Web page could translate into money. When commerce is based on exchange of information, such as statistics and market data, then the information itself is the commodity.