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I'm not being deliberately obtuse, here, but how is that any different from NFTs?
It's weird because I understand the tech, but not what makes this application compelling.
> we are just starting to figure out how to actually give a digital thing ownership
Isn't copyright already doing that? Certainly the movie and music industries have a strong sense of digital ownership without NFTs.
NFTs so provide an easy path to transfer ownership, but that does nothing to keep the material from being copied any more than copyright does.
What am I missing?
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I'm not being deliberately obtuse, here, but how is that any different from NFTs?
It's weird because I understand the tech, but not what makes this application compelling.
> we are just starting to figure out how to actually give a digital thing ownership
Isn't copyright already doing that? Certainly the movie and music industries have a strong sense of digital ownership without NFTs.
NFTs so provide an easy path to transfer ownership, but that does nothing to keep the material from being copied any more than copyright does.
What am I missing?