From Poncelet:

Yet copyright holders want to stifle this process in order to protect their opportunity for maximum profit.

So is making good art at odds with making profit?

When faced with a question like this, I like to go back to the classics. For instance Article I, Section 8, U.S. Constitution:

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;

Did you know that’s the only clause which grants powers to Congress but also states the purpose for granting that power? The Founding Fathers understood the need for an incentive to invent, create works of art, and further the discovery of knowledge. They decided that the best way to provide that incentive was to grant a limited monopoly to whomever took the risk necessary to invent, create, or discover.

Back to your question. Is making good art at odds with making profit? No. However, making profit is a possible incentive for making good art.

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