Re:“But I can just look at a JPEG online.”
by danShumway on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @07:32PM
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Keep in mind that when you buy an NFT, you aren't getting your museum experience. You're still looking at a reproduction of those bits on a computer monitor. None of these NFTs are actually allowing you to view the original work the same way that you would be able to with a painting in a museum.
Not only are there no physical differences (the bits transmitted from Google images and from the NFT link are physically the same) -- there's also not a real metaphyiscal or conceptual difference, because the bits being transmitted when you look at an NFT's link are not original and have no inherent link to the original, they're copies, just like you would get transmitted from any other link.
It's more like going to a museum and buying a special ticket to see the Mona Lisa, but instead of actually seeing the original Mono Lisa in all its glory, you instead go into a separate room where you sit down at a laptop and still look at a JPEG of the Mona Lisa.
Not only are there no physical differences (the bits transmitted from Google images and from the NFT link are physically the same) -- there's also not a real metaphyiscal or conceptual difference, because the bits being transmitted when you look at an NFT's link are not original and have no inherent link to the original, they're copies, just like you would get transmitted from any other link.
It's more like going to a museum and buying a special ticket to see the Mona Lisa, but instead of actually seeing the original Mono Lisa in all its glory, you instead go into a separate room where you sit down at a laptop and still look at a JPEG of the Mona Lisa.