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But authenticity is only a concern in physical art.

by lottin 6y ago

chrisco255 6y ago
No, it's not. It's even more of a concern in digital art because until blockchains came around, it was virtually free to make a perfect digital copy of something.
- skissane 6y ago
  What does it mean to own a digital artwork? To own the copyright in it? Blockchain doesn't really do much here because ownership of copyrights is determined by the legal system not by a blockchain. (And normally when an artist sells an artwork they keep the copyright themselves; you only get the copyright too if you specifically negotiate with the artist for that, or if you commission the art as a "work-for-hire".) To own the only digital copy of it? Blockchain does nothing to stop people making more digital copies of it. Blockchain is not a DRM system. It seems like "owning" digital art where one doesn't have the copyright or exclusive possession of digital copies is basically a meaningless form of ownership. It is the status of "ownership" stripped of all substantive content.
  - chrisco255 6y ago
    Of course it does. The NFT is created and recognized by the artist's public Ethereum address which can only be generated by their private key. Full rights can be attached to the artwork, as was done with the Hashmasks sale: https://www.thehashmasks.com/ https://www.thehashmasks.com/ It is completely up to the artist to customize. It can be embedded into an NFT just like a license.md file can be embedded into an open source code repository. It can be explicit, rights can be transferable, or non-transferable. Any other address producing an NFT is a forgery. Blockchain is better than a DRM system. See: https://audius.org/developers https://audius.org/developers https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/opensea-raises-2-million/ https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/opensea-raises-2-milli... https://eulerbeats.com/ https://eulerbeats.com/
- lottin 6y ago
  You seem deeply confused. Making perfect digital copies is not something that is prevented by blockchains. Computers make perfect digital copies. If you want to prevent people from making perfect digital copies you have to get rid of computers, and good luck with that!
  - chrisco255 6y ago
    You seem confused. Blockchains and crypto created the concept of digital scarcity 12 years ago. Its a $1.8 Trillion dollar industry and counting. It's going to eat traditional finance. You can't copy a Bitcoin. And you can't copy an NFT. https://coinmarketcap.com/ https://coinmarketcap.com/ https://defipulse.com/ https://defipulse.com/
    - arcatech 6y ago
      But the NFT is not the art itself.
    - lottin 6y ago
      Okay, good luck.

But authenticity is only a concern in physical art.

by lottin 6y ago

But authenticity is only a concern in physical art.

No, it's not. It's even more of a concern in digital art because until blockchains came around, it was virtually free to make a perfect digital copy of something.

skissane 6y ago
What does it mean to own a digital artwork? To own the copyright in it? Blockchain doesn't really do much here because ownership of copyrights is determined by the legal system not by a blockchain. (And normally when an artist sells an artwork they keep the copyright themselves; you only get the copyright too if you specifically negotiate with the artist for that, or if you commission the art as a "work-for-hire".) To own the only digital copy of it? Blockchain does nothing to stop people making more digital copies of it. Blockchain is not a DRM system. It seems like "owning" digital art where one doesn't have the copyright or exclusive possession of digital copies is basically a meaningless form of ownership. It is the status of "ownership" stripped of all substantive content.
- chrisco255 6y ago
  Of course it does. The NFT is created and recognized by the artist's public Ethereum address which can only be generated by their private key. Full rights can be attached to the artwork, as was done with the Hashmasks sale: https://www.thehashmasks.com/ https://www.thehashmasks.com/ It is completely up to the artist to customize. It can be embedded into an NFT just like a license.md file can be embedded into an open source code repository. It can be explicit, rights can be transferable, or non-transferable. Any other address producing an NFT is a forgery. Blockchain is better than a DRM system. See: https://audius.org/developers https://audius.org/developers https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/opensea-raises-2-million/ https://opensea.io/blog/announcements/opensea-raises-2-milli... https://eulerbeats.com/ https://eulerbeats.com/
lottin 6y ago
You seem deeply confused. Making perfect digital copies is not something that is prevented by blockchains. Computers make perfect digital copies. If you want to prevent people from making perfect digital copies you have to get rid of computers, and good luck with that!
- chrisco255 6y ago
  You seem confused. Blockchains and crypto created the concept of digital scarcity 12 years ago. Its a $1.8 Trillion dollar industry and counting. It's going to eat traditional finance. You can't copy a Bitcoin. And you can't copy an NFT. https://coinmarketcap.com/ https://coinmarketcap.com/ https://defipulse.com/ https://defipulse.com/
  - arcatech 6y ago
    But the NFT is not the art itself.
  - lottin 6y ago
    Okay, good luck.