Can’t the subject of NFTs also be trivially copied? All you really have is a token that refers to a particular file and proves that you own a token that refers

Can’t the subject of NFTs also be trivially copied? All you really have is a token that refers to a particular file and proves that you own a token that refers to that file. Everyone else is free to ignore the token and copy the original file at any time. Is there something that you can only do via the token? Are there special events or access for token holders? I could see something like that being independently valuable, and interesting.