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I thought that whole space basically collapsed once people finally realized they were just buying URLs that pointed to a jpg, and those hyping it got out and le
by al_borland 3mo ago
I thought that whole space basically collapsed once people finally realized they were just buying URLs that pointed to a jpg, and those hyping it got out and left the bag holders with "ownership" of a bunch of worthless pictures on the internet.
I remember a the Bored Ape Yacht Club being sued a few years ago, but it looks like all the celebrities were let off the hook for promoting it.
- vunderba 3mo agoThis. The idea of having some kind of cryptographic proof of ownership to a JPG copy of an original piece of artwork was just about the silliest thing I’d ever heard when it first started going viral. I (and most others) support artists by donating through platforms like Patreon, without needing some kind of arbitrary artificial commodity.