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damn I forgot about NFTs. That shit was funny
You just don't get it bro, owning jpegs is the future
You didn't even own the jpeg. You owned a link to a jpeg which could be switched out with another jpeg at any time.
If anyone is interested in actually owning the jpeg
https://artgrab.co/
How do you define "own".
You get the full rights to use them, and the artist abandons their copyright to it
OK. So own here means exclusively resell. Thanks.
I note that NFT is not mentioned once. Is that because this isn't blockchain based?
No lol, you just buy the copyright to the image. There is nothing crypto here, just a way for artists to get money and people actually get something in return for their payment.
Scamming people that missed the Bitcoin boom
I referred to them as Pizza Without Shrooms
I call it the "My wife gets railed daily by other men. But I'm happy because at least I own the marriage certificate." thing