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Re:NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art by dahart on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @09:51AM (#29162479)
Photographers (and digital artists) commonly already use something called a “Certificate of Authenticity” or COA, a physical document signed by the artist verifying that the item is one of a batch, and that the batch has a fixed, limited size.

NFTs aren’t providing anything beyond what a COA provides, and the COA comes with a physical handwritten signature. Neither is any actual protection against determined forgers. As an occasional artist and photographer, I wonder if the solution to authenticating and valuing digital art is to sell the copyrights along with only a single digital and/or physical copy of the art, and then delete it. Make it unique to the buyer the same way a sculpture or painting is unique.

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Re:NFT's aren't the answer to the problems of digital art by miracle2k on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @10:08AM (#29162694)
Yes. Except NFTs, for one reason or another, have introduced a whole new set of people to the idea of paying for an COA; they are suddenly really easy to buy, easy to sell, and the ledger creates a community of owners who recognize each other's COA as meaningful.

That's incredibly powerful; because a physical COA in my cupboard that none of my friends gives a shit about is less interesting.

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