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Haha, that sounds exactly like buying a fake Mona Lisa print. “I’ll consider it, sounds like a bargain”. You’re right, and that is a totally rational thing to
by systemvoltage 5y ago
Haha, that sounds exactly like buying a fake Mona Lisa print. “I’ll consider it, sounds like a bargain”.
You’re right, and that is a totally rational thing to do. I suspect that the market of fake paintings and prints is in few billions at least. They’re quite popular. But that doesn’t stop the art auction “scams” at Christie’s and Sotheby’s.
- colonelanguz 5y agoNot the same thing. You're comparing the relationship between a fake version of an artwork and the artwork itself to that between two digital objects both of which are derivative of a third thing. The third thing is the analog to the artwork, making the metaphor unusable