Re:DeviantArt notifies original artist about his own creatio...
by diamond559 on Sunday December 19, 2021 @04:43PM
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But will people value these knock offs the same as the one approved by the artists themselves? If I put a signed picture through a scanner would you pay for the scanned image even though you knew it was a copy? I would think it logical to assume there would at least be a big discount between the two showing there is value outside of it just being scarce, artificial or otherwise.
Nothing prevents someone from making copies and selling each "unique" one.
Since it is decentralized, there is no centralized authority to take down the copies (that is, a DMCA-style take down).
The "no one can censor you" upsides of decentralization are not without downsides: you cannot censor or take down others, even in cases of copyright breach.