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Re:NFT marketplace shuts, citing 'rampant' fakes, plagiarism... by vmception on Saturday February 12, 2022 @10:24PM (#30318852)
I’m ready to argue that its more like selling a TV to view existing content.

An NFT pointing to the official image already uploaded officially elsewhere can neither be theft or copyright infringement, and fraud can be mitigated if it is written somewhere about who the copyright holder is.

Re:NFT marketplace shuts, citing 'rampant' fakes, plagiarism... by dgellow on Sunday February 13, 2022 @01:50AM (#30319833)
Just to clarify my previous comment, I meant that the reupload is copyright infringement.

> I’m ready to argue that its more like selling a TV to view existing content.

That’s a really nice analogy. The television is also a pointer of some sort, but that communicates the idea nicely and sounds less technical. And naturally move the focus of the discussion to the licensing of the aired content.

I might steal the idea for future discussions :)