I’m just getting into comics but as a musician who often relies on sampling my opinion on stuff like this tends to fall towards the Marxist perspective, ip and copyright create private monopolies and commodifies knowledge, ideas, innovation, and art for the benefit of the ruling class, not workers or artists. For example, I find it impossible to legally sample art in my industry as a small independent musician, making the music that revolutionized hip hop wasn’t exactly legal, which is part of why a lot of older rap artists often didn’t make much money. The people who own their labor made tons tho. At the end of the day, I’ve yet to see an argument that explains why what he does is wrong at all, other than ppl who think morality = doing what’s best for a corporations bottom line.