i realise I've waffled on without suggesting a solution to the problem you raised, sorryfor nft's problems, I don't know what's a better solution for ripped off artists either.
btw, I was joking about selling the simpsons pic on opensea in the thread above, but looking at their terms the best you can get is a takedown, there's no mechanism for compensation if someone takes payment for selling an NFT for work they've stolen (which is possibly Anthonyb3ta3000 business model unless he's pure mentalist), so NFTs don't guarantee against the same issues
(btw, I was joking about selling the simpsons pic on opensea in the thread above, but looking at their terms the best you can get is a takedown, there's no mechanism for compensation if someone takes payment for selling an NFT for work they've stolen (which is possibly Anthonyb3ta3000 business model unless he's pure mentalist), so NFTs don't guarantee against the same issues
cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations,
Fri 8 Apr 2022, 1:56,
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NFTs are shit and mostly bought by peoplewith no interest in art.
However, it does feel like there are enough people who want to buy things like skins for games, that if there was a centralised place where digital artists could sell bespoke artwork or take commissions, then there is an audience for that. I don't think there is a place where people can browse such things at the moment that aren't NFT based.
If nothing else, NFTs show that with enough marketing budget you can get people to want to buy a digital picture to be in the cool club (even if I suspect most of them don't know what they have actually bought).
I think I can see how a Bandcampy approach could work for digital art, though you'd need someone with lots of money, deals with game makers, and a desire to do right by the artists, or such a site would just end up as Red Bubble and printing your picture on a pair of y-fronts.
(However, it does feel like there are enough people who want to buy things like skins for games, that if there was a centralised place where digital artists could sell bespoke artwork or take commissions, then there is an audience for that. I don't think there is a place where people can browse such things at the moment that aren't NFT based.
If nothing else, NFTs show that with enough marketing budget you can get people to want to buy a digital picture to be in the cool club (even if I suspect most of them don't know what they have actually bought).
I think I can see how a Bandcampy approach could work for digital art, though you'd need someone with lots of money, deals with game makers, and a desire to do right by the artists, or such a site would just end up as Red Bubble and printing your picture on a pair of y-fronts.
monkeon schmonkeon,
Fri 8 Apr 2022, 10:43,
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