2tone@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoA key feature of NFTs has completely broken / Web3 was supposed to make sure the original artist always got paid. Not so much anymore.www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up1571arrow-down129
arrow-up1542arrow-down1external-linkA key feature of NFTs has completely broken / Web3 was supposed to make sure the original artist always got paid. Not so much anymore.www.theverge.com2tone@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square232fedilink
minus-squarestormesp@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 months agoExcept people has been stealing art to do NFTs without paying the artists from day 1?
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoYeah, I don’t know why people think this is somehow a new problem.
minus-squareTwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYeah, wtf do they mean “anymore”? Did they not see a single artist having their stuff copied and put into some blockchain by grifters?
minus-squaredevils_advocate@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months agoRight click. Save as. Also note that the ERC721 standard says nothing about royalties. Royaltiew weren’t designed as a “key feature”
minus-squareChrislyBear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·11 months agoIt’s not the art that you buy, it’s the “original URL” that belongs to you. You buy a treasure map leading to a princess. It’s your princess, that’s what is says on the napkin, but everyone can fuck her.
Except people has been stealing art to do NFTs without paying the artists from day 1?
Yeah, I don’t know why people think this is somehow a new problem.
Yeah, wtf do they mean “anymore”? Did they not see a single artist having their stuff copied and put into some blockchain by grifters?
Right click. Save as.
Also note that the ERC721 standard says nothing about royalties. Royaltiew weren’t designed as a “key feature”
It’s not the art that you buy, it’s the “original URL” that belongs to you. You buy a treasure map leading to a princess. It’s your princess, that’s what is says on the napkin, but everyone can fuck her.