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Re:Why People Are Paying $100K+ to Change Their Profile to a... by Melkman on Friday September 03, 2021 @06:41AM (#28402506)
You can duplicate the artwork but you can not duplicate the ownership. If anything, you using a copy of the artwork increases the value of the ownership by signalling it is an appreciated piece. Why would a digital drawing not be valuable when some paper drawing can be sold for millions like van Gogh's La Mousmé ?
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Re:Why People Are Paying $100K+ to Change Their Profile to a... by _bhlv on Friday September 03, 2021 @07:50AM (#28402947)
I'm sure the participants in the 17th century Tulip mania bubble had explanations just as irrational as this. It's déjà vu all over again.
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