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Web3 is already breaking every securities law on the books, so why not copyright law too? And if this bill passes they'll probably only go after sites that are hosting MPAA/RIAA content, not NFTs pirated from DeviantArt.



NFTs are just links, aren't they? Or did we already lose that battle, and linking to a copyrighted work is copyright infringement?


If that battle is lost, I fear the NFT will be part of why we lost it, due to the need to create artificial value beyond the link and meta information container features NFT's add onto art.

Steve Mould, one of the better known Science You Tubers, brought up one of the few solid cases most people in my circles thought could make sense: Tickets

A record of both attending and having paid for being able to attend an event seems like a great use of the NFT, but it's not too sexy and I am quite sure the likes of Ticket Master would have something to say about the idea, and would want their share. (which always seems to be a bit more than people feel makes sense)


My point is that people have been selling links to plagiarized pirated copies of artwork that they didn't create; they aren't selling links to the original.




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