> no, because then the NFT would be exactly the same as the digital artifact I should not be able to copy-paste the digital artifact and then create a second t

> no, because then the NFT would be exactly the same as the digital artifact I should not be able to copy-paste the digital artifact and then create a second token. You should be able to copy the digital asset, but the second part (creating a new token) should fail. Otherwise what’s the point?