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Re:Charlie Bit My Finger video to be taken off YouTube after... by smnrchrds on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @03:34PM (#27281437)
I would rather not leave it to chance. If there aren't regulations yet, they should pass some ASAP. It didn't matter how many millions of people cared about Cecil the lion; it still took just one rich asshole for him to lose his life.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Cecil_the_lion

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Re:Charlie Bit My Finger video to be taken off YouTube after... by miracle2k on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @04:33PM (#27282245)
Someone burned a Banksy print and converted it into an NFT. It's certainly possible. In the US, there are moral rights of an artist that would probably make the destruction of work illegal, but that might only apply to living artists.
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Re:Charlie Bit My Finger video to be taken off YouTube after... by Bronze_Colossus on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @06:47PM (#27283746)
I feel what your talking about is a non issue. Now, I think NFT is all a scam but I do believe that people think they can make money out of it.

NFTs are for digital artworks, it is an artificial way to create scarcity. A physical painting is already scarce. Burning an actual Van Gogh would be like burning down a house and saying it's okay because the deeds to the house are fine.

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Re:Charlie Bit My Finger video to be taken off YouTube after... by PretzelPirate on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @07:06PM (#27283922)
NFTs aren't for digital artwork, but digital artwork is one application of the NFT token standards.
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