Keep NFT out of FF14

[Mysticp]

Good thing I am a digital artist and can tell you how I feel about it.
It sucks. People screenshotting/saving the images and using them as motives for tshirts/cups/bags and other merch sucks. Seeing people show up with your work in their portfolio during a job interview is a frustrating process.
And it won't go away unless we have better and modern copyright laws. And stores who accept random images who actually give a shit about copyrights.

But and here is the kicker. NFTs don't solve that. You have the same thing going on with NFTs. People stealing/screenshotting/saving art and make an NFT ouf ot that and then sell that for whatever amount of money.

You are right. NFT's do not solve digital art theft. However, before NFT's it was impossible to sell your digital art and create a market for it as the purchaser had no idea if they were buying the original or a screenshot. I have friends in that community that are making a living now through NFT's. It's not perfect but at least it's some progress.

[Lihtleita]

You are right. NFT's do not solve digital art theft. However, before NFT's it was impossible to sell your digital art and create a market for it

Big wrong. Even if you know what nfts are you have no idea what the digital art community has been for the past 20 years.

[Mysticp]

Big wrong. Even if you know what nfts are you have no idea what the digital art community has been for the past 20 years.

2 of my closest friends are digital artists (one full time, one part). They did create a market for their work prior to NFT's but it was not a large one. They had to use closed forums for their work and do work based off commission. Nowadays things are much easier for them. They have their supporters go to their page and see their list of NFT's and they list them on various marketplaces. Their lives have improved dramatically.

[Lihtleita]

2 of my closest friends are digital artists (one full time, one part). They did create a market for their work prior to NFT's but it was not a large one. They had to use closed forums for their work and do work based off commission. Nowadays things are much easier for them. They have their supporters go to their page and see their list of NFT's and they list them on various marketplaces. Their lives have improved dramatically.

ok but my dad works at nintendo

edit: wait didnt you say it was impossible for artists to market their work before nfts? grats to your friends for defying reality

[Mysticp]

ok but my dad works at nintendo

edit: wait didnt you say it was impossible for artists to market their work before nfts? grats to your friends for defying reality

Prior to NFT's the full time artist was struggling. He put in a lot of work for very little return. He was mostly selling to small community of fans. He is by no ways rich now but he is stable and able to reach many more people. There is an actual market for his work now.

[Lihtleita]

Prior to NFT's the full time artist was struggling. He put in a lot of work for very little return. He was mostly selling to small community of fans. He is by no ways rich now but he is stable and able to reach many more people. There is an actual market for his work now.

Would it be fair to counter your friends anecdotal lived experience with my own? Or would that just be appealing to emotion rather than actual data

[Mysticp]

Would it be fair to counter your friends anecdotal lived experience with my own? Or would that just be appealing to emotion rather than actual data

Ha, that's fair. NFT's are not the solve all solution for digital artists. There is lots of work that needs to be done on that front. If you have experience creating an NFT marketplace for your work then that would be interesting to hear.

[Atma]

the purchaser had no idea if they were buying the original or a screenshot.

NFTs do not solve that problem whatsoever either.

It's not perfect but at least it's some progress.

Applying concepts of materiality to digital items is not progress. It is, quite literally, a regressive concept. "We do not know how to adequately monetize these for content providers so let's pretend like an infinitely replicable digital good is actually pretend scarce" is the opposite of progress.