[vmception]

As I mentioned in other threads, it is up to the consumer to be discerning, no different than anything else a consumer has to do. If they want to be part of a community to upgrade the artwork in their possession, then find those kinds of NFTs. If they don't want any ability for their art work to be upgraded, then find those kinds of NFTs.

Some people buy things based on hype.

Some people buy things based on their ability to resell it.

Some people won't be able to.

Thats how market work. Whose problem is that? Its not mine, its probably not yours, so who cares just because NFTs are involved.

[peoplefromibiza]

> no different than anything else a consumer has to do

false.

if I buy a coffee machine and inside the box there's a brick there are a number of ways I can use to have my money back.

what you suggest is like buying the coffee machine from an unknown person who's also wearing a mask, altering their voice and doing their business in a shady parking lot picking up the box from the back of a van with no plate.

it would still be safer than what you propose.

[vmception]

whose problem is that? its not the seller's problem. be a seller then. if you don't want to sell plagiarized goods then don't sell plagiarized goods. there's plenty of buyers.

I don't really understand this buyer centric side of things on behalf of ...all buyers... ? are you debating a big purchase?

[peoplefromibiza]

> be a seller then

I'm no scammer.

> then don't sell plagiarized.

you're moving the goalpoast.

if you can't tell what's good and what's plagiarized, the only safe assumption is that everything's plagiarized and stay away from it, both as seller and buyer.

black markets are illegal for a good number of reasons.

[vmception]

can you elaborate? If you have things to sell and you have the copyright or license to sell these things, how would that be scamming people or moving the goal post of this conversation? who cares if the consumer can't tell the difference, if you personally don't want to scam people with plagiarized work (or scam in the sense of simply making money in that fraudulent way) then you still wouldn't have done that.

do you have a different foundational belief than even that? are you of the belief that anything in the NFT format (a set of software methods with a getImage() method) is a scam?

[peoplefromibiza]

> If you have things to sell and you have the copyright or license to sell these things

then you don't need to sell NFTs, you need a government that issues those licenses and protects your copyright by maintaining a (very expensive) judicial system and a PayPal account

> are you of the belief that anything in the NFT format (a set of software methods with a getImage() method) is a scam?

since there is no way yo verify in the chain the validity of the proposal, you have to assume that it is not valid.

it's simply logic

if someone says to you "see? I'm the author because I have this document that certifies I made it" then you can simply give the guy your money and buy the item

he will give to you a signed piece of paper that says 'this is copy #N of the series XXX made by AUTHOR'S NAME' in exchange

done

what does the NFT add to the process, except the (scammy) prospect of being a remunerative investment?

would you buy the same item if there was no 'get rich quick' label attached to it?

[vmception]

> would you buy the same item if there was no 'get rich quick' label attached to it?

I participate in with NFTs no different than I participate with badges on gamified applications, so yes I would continue to interact with them. I would not rule out buying one either, no different than I wouldn't rule out buying a ticket, or rule out buying an in-game trinket for access. If an artist was releasing a work digitally that I liked, I would consider purchasing the NFT version as well. so of those categories the answer is yes.

I also don't mind selling, or reselling, in that form.

For things I wanted the option to resell, I don't mind if the market dries up. I'm fine waiting, or never getting a bid. Far easier to notice when a bid is available than with some consumer electronics or art pieces I have.

It is not possible for me to put a different higher standard on NFTs, as the similarities are too great to other consumptive goods. Anything NFT specific is either the same experience as something else, or better. Including with the authenticity aspect, I gain consensus over any specific NFT very quickly by checking with the artist or their community and double check the published contract addresses with the one I'm considering to interact with. And there are indeed times when I don't care. Its like if someone made a record of all the volume of prada knockoffs sold on the side of the street, all you see is the number of times people - the buyers - don't care. The NFT is just showing that record of consumer sentiment that has existed for a very long time.