Artists just get all the crap for it because it's easiest to spot. As an artist, I have copied from other artists IN THE PAST just to learn to do my own stuff now, here, at Eidos. I wouldn't have been asked to join Eidos and to come up with high quality pictures for marketing purposes for their hit game Tomb Raider 2 if I didn't have what it takes. I wouldn't be at Eidos if I was merely capable of copying other artists as some people in the scene claim. At least in the professional industry artists are being treated as they should be.
People know what they are talking about.
I'm afraid I cannot always say the same thing about the scene. If people agree with what I have just stated, then I hope they take a bit of notice. I have no intention of trying to change the scene other than by trying to open up its eyes and putting some facts straight. On a final note I'd like to state that there still are a lot of good things about the scene. Like friendship for instance.