How do you distinguish between that and someone who produces limited
edition etchings or lithographs? They involve others in the process.
Are Barye bronze sculptures all worthless because they were cast from
Barye's models under his authorization, but not by his own hand?
The art world considers those to be works "by" the original artist.

Lobby Dosser wrote:

But what Arch is talking about is not plagarism or copying or inspiration.
He's Talking about DaVinci outsourcing the Mona Lisa and then signing it.
Or Shakespeare outsourcing Hamlet and passing it off as his own.