But the NFT is supporting them directly, if they minted it.
I personally think NFT's are silly, but there's zero argument to be made that they aren't supporting the artist. The artist minted them in the first place.
Are pirate NFTs selling for a significant price? Clearly people are making them without permission, but are people buying them? The high-profile mega-money examples for sure are being minted by the artists.
Obviously the discussion is about NFT's the artists minted themselves.
Counterfeits isn't relevant to the discussion here. It's like complaining that tipping a server doesn't work because the cash might be counterfeit. It has nothing to do with the main point.
That's completely false. Anyone can mint an NFT. Artists have minted some of them, and other NFTs are created without the artists' permission.
I don't get why people are saying this when it's so obviously false, like, it does not pass the smell test for basic credibility.