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In response to "That's my point. Jax is trying to juxtaposition an NFT vs. a digital movie, song, or photograph. But how are they different? -- nm" by Mop

No, I'm saying a physical medium is different. Owning "the original" digital medium is, essentially, worthless.

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Apr 29 '21, 08:15

Once an exact copy exists, it becomes meaningless. But, they're trying to assign "worth" to a digital "original," but other than the blockchain saying you own it, beyond that, nothing.

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But by this reasoning, a photographer whose entire photo library is digital doesn't actually own anything at all. -- nm - Mop Apr 29, 08:19 4
- They own the rights to their images. Unfortunately there is no ironclad way of enforcing them once they are shared. -- nm - znufrii Apr 29, 08:35 3
  - This. Imagine going to Disney and claiming that they don't own the latest Marvel movie cause it doesn't physically exist -- (edited) - JD Apr 29, 08:37 2
    - Meanwhile NFTs strike me as nothing more than the right to comment “First!” on the ‘original’*. -- (edited) - znufrii Apr 29, 08:43 1
      - I'm pretty sure that this is exactly it. Whether the buyer's completely understand this is another question -- nm - JD Apr 29, 08:49

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No, I'm saying a physical medium is different. Owning "the original" digital medium is, essentially, worthless.

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