[brunorsini]

You don't need it. You don't even "need" art. But:

a) it's working, at least for now, and it certainly wasn't before (music label owner here, friends with many professional artists)

b) decentralization really does have a few important use case advantages — one can use the asset all across the internet while exhibiting provenance, etc.

[Kaze404]

> it's working, at least for now, and it certainly wasn't before

Does this include the people whose art is simply downloaded off Deviantart to be sold by a third party as an NFT? Doesn't sound like it's working to me, especially if you consider these things aren't even used enough to be relevant.

[brunorsini]

Again, yes, there are many problems yet to be solved.

But on the subject of piracy, it is still pretty rampant even on major platforms like YouTube, to this day — but less so than when they started out. Very fair to expect a similar trend here.

[Kaze404]

Piracy on YouTube decreased due to more accountability, not less. These don't seem like similar situations in the slightest.