NFT and the Future of Digital Content
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I never said it was a good idea.
That's just a factual description of the theory behind it, which relies heavily on caveat emptor.
Discussing the anarcho-capitalist ideological implications behind it would get my posts deleted again, so I'm sticking to the tech.
Easy. First take a piece of leprechaun gold, mix with three hen's teeth, garnish with rocking horse manure, post that as an NFT, and you'll be on your way to a cryptocurrency fortune.
Yes, exaclty, and as most buyers purchase it as a speculative commodity, the whole "protection" bit is not really relevant to them.
That's neither here nor there.
The blockchain is a massive record of every transaction that's ever taken place on it. That caveat emptor protection of tracking the history of crypto-data is publically available no matter what the person's putative motivations are.
"Buyer beware" indicates a lack of protection itself, I thnk RobotHeadArt was refering to a different kind of protection. But hey, everyone should feel free to take the risk they want doing their purchases.
I find this disturbing on every level. WTF?
JD
As Richard Haseltine said previously, discussing the political/ideological underpinnings behind cryptocurrency are verboten by Daz. Several of my posts on the matter were removed. So we're only allowed to discuss how it works in theory, is what I get from that.
Wow, this is sure a read.
Bolding above mine, but that's the part troubling me about things like virtual identity shaping becoming a sleek business and why it leaves me bone cold to see the people running it talk about the possibilities for artists and how it's going to take over the world. They're the last people who should be taking over anything.
I don't want to think of Daz as the type of company that views its artists and users as a portfolio of asset creators they can Empower and steer into whatever new channel seems promising. Maybe the one saving grace here is that they don't seem to be very good at this stuff, but it's still embarrassing that they're trying.
I am not interested in talking about the philosophy behind it, I dont think I have, but I do care how it impacts artists and the enviroment. I'm going to leave it at that.
Unfortunately, questions like "how would you suggest enforcing a claim of being sold a stolen piece of art attached to an NFT, especially if the piece originates from a forgein country?" are inherently related to the ideology-driven design of cryptocurrency. The answer is: you don't rely on state power, you stick to caveat emptor when buying. Like the ancient Judeans minting their own currency 2,000 years ago to rebel against the Roman Empire, there is an inherently political aspect to cryptocurrency. However, Daz would prefer we not discuss politics.
In light of that, many questions about the nature of Ethereum and NFTs will have to be answered with simply: "It was ideologically designed to be that way."
Because that they "empower the artist" is utter bull****. They benefit no one but Daz and Tafi, which I DON'T have a problem with. Their businesses and business exists to make money. No problem. However, this just for all the world remins me of the early days of Las Vegas where the whole thing lured many regular people to come and sample the entertainment but was run by shady mafia members. It stinks of waste and get-rich-quick schemes and the people at this site are the LAST people in the world generally that I would think would want to even imagine buying this worthless junk. Most of us can't even afford decent graphics cards to run the DS software (IF we could even find one) and here is Daz participating in the very thing (the number one thing) that makes them so scarce and stupidly expensive. I don't see how that empowers us at all. Only NFT investors, where the artwork is NOT the focus of the entire thing. In fact, an NFT may as well be 5 black pixels on a field of white for as much as the art behind it matters.
Daz, if you want to sell NFT's, sell em ffs (tho I will always disapprove of the waste of the entire bitcoin endeavor), but not here. We are NOT your target audience. Not even close. And given the reception all this has gotten, I would be very surprised if any more than a very few of us would want to sell our artwork in this way. Please take it offsite.
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"I bought this NFT off you, what's this 3TB harddrive you sent me?"
"That's the NFT. It's a very popular one it seems"
(the blockchain holds *every* transaction.......)
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(12 confirmations needed for ethereum blockchain transaction finalization)
Agree with @AllenArt
By the way, I don't think this image by @Matt_Castle is getting enough attention. It needs to trend harder, imo. :rocket_emoji :rocket_emoji
Maxx: Rose Petals
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+ 7 AllenArt!
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The yellow nft advert urging me to buy shudu nft on my phone takes up half the screen
Hard agree. I don't want to contribute to a company that's deeply invested in making NFTs a thing, but I want to support the PAs, I care about the people who actually use the program, and I know the company employees aren't an opinion monolith. But I won't ever recommend a site that sells crypto art, at least until whatever magical unicorn solution arrives that makes the whole thing carbon neutral and primarily benefits artists.
Try Googling "Damien Hirst" and see what you make of that.
The blockchain isn't protection, it's more of a record of provenence, except without the usual protections those have in legitimate art sales as anyone can create them or start new ones so what would normally be equivalent to a forgery or fraud is functionally indistinguishable from one started by the legitimate creator. Plus, normally you don't buy records of provenance by themselves with hopes that they'll include current, functional directions to an artwork, you buy artwork with records of provenance, so NFTs are a bit backwards. As far as the unlockable assets go, NFTs don't secure against duplication, redistribution, or new NFT tokenization of the asset, only of the token itself. Shopping at the Daz store (or that other store) already guarantees the legitimacy of a product, and that's probably true of content sold by independent Daz content creators too. The average Daz user has no use for a token pointing to an Aiko render, only Aiko herself has value.
As far as I can tell, the NFT points to the digital content, but nothing points the digital content or duplicates thereof to the NFT. The token's security flows entirely in one direction and only as long as image or asset is hosted at that location. In no use case does it proves legitimacy better than a traditional proof of purchase email and/or vanilla embedded metadata. Technically it allows resale, but unless Daz is going to send lawyers after people to ensure they stop using the assets after they give the token to a new user, functionally, they've secured nothing. You're basically buying a fancy, high tech and energy intensive receipt for a collectible that may or may not still be at the linked location in the future (Daz is probably a reliable seller, but startups hosting NFTs may not be as long lived, and Daz's Morph3D was shortlived so maybe not).
The whole concept of owning "an original" is entirely meaningless in 3D asset distribution. Anyone who cares about legitimacy buys a legitimate copy from the legitimate seller instead of pirating, NFTs add nothing to this process except the risk your asset might disappear leaving you with nothing but a fancy token. This likely applies to all digital art. NFTs only guarantee the originality of the token, not the asset or image itself. By the time an artwork or asset is hosted online, it's probably technically a copy by any reasonalble definition anyway. The special NFT link doesn't offer any additional rights over any other method of sale or distribution, and if anything seems more brittle and risky than using a traditional asset store, patreon, or gumroad.
Is that one of those Banner Popups like we used to get for every new Pro Bundle that was newly released? I didn't get such a banner.
Well, think again — and replace the name Daz with Tafi.
TAFI is the one minting all of these NFTs — and now minting partnership NFTs like the one for HanesBrands' Champion brand — not Daz 3D.
Every single one of these NFTs on OpenSea show Created > From: NullAddress To: Tafi — not Daz 3D.
https://opensea.io/accounts/Tafi
Yet, the first batch was branded as "DAZ NFT" and launched on the Daz 3D website instead of Tafi's website, and then they added Tafi-specific NFT partner brand content into the Daz 3D website and cross-promoting Tafi NFT content to Daz 3D customers. Why? because the traffic is higher here? The user base is larger, more trusting, and more loyal to Daz 3D than Tafi?
https://www.daz3d.com/daz-nft
And Tafi is marketing Daz 3D as a subsidiary of Tafi...
https://www.maketafi.com/daz3d
Which begs the question — is there any difference between Daz 3D and Tafi anymore?
Same address. Same upper management (with the exception of Dan Farr, Founder and Board Member of Daz 3D, who exited in May 2013).
Making matters worse, its very difficult to find any source of truth with Tafi...
Tafi claims to be founded in 2019 on LinkedIn... https://www.linkedin.com/company/maketafi/
Tafi also claims to be founded in 2015 in its own Download Fact Sheet PDF on their About Us page... https://www.maketafi.com/about-us
I don't know about the rest of you, but I've already been burned once by one of these failed pursuits: Morph 3D MCS on the Unity platform — it seems like Tafi was behind that side project all along too, as Morph 3D's website just redirects to Tafi now including all of its original press releases that just vanished up in smoke: http://www.morph3d.com/
If you never heard of Morph 3D before it disappeared, this is what it was... https://venturebeat.com/2016/11/03/morph-3d-launches-customizable-3d-animated-avatars-for-virtual-reality/
How many more spin-offs are we going to get from Tafi that uses special privilege to circumvent Daz 3D's EULAs in pursuit of its own short term gains at the expense of Daz 3D's user base? At least now its putting its own name on these NFTs... sort of — the Powered by Tafi label and owner flag on OpenSea at least.
The business model of Daz 3D / Daz Productions has been marketed to its user base that our money spent on content for Daz Studio (made free) funds its development (back in 2012)...
http://www.cgchannel.com/2012/02/daz-3d-why-we-gave-our-software-away-for-free/
...it seems like development resources are spread mighty thin these days given how many issues there are with the website, store experience, product read me files, documentation, and quality control... and none of these Tafi products are serving the Daz 3D user base and helping its core ecosystem.
This whole "DAZ NFT Powered by Tafi" spin-off immediately sent chills down my spine. Please don't drag Daz 3D into Tafi's monetary pursuits and potential failures. Instead, focus on improving Daz Studio and Daz 3D's product ecosystem, and don't undermine it with all this Tafi-induced nonsense that just pulls money out of Daz 3D development and clouds its mission.
If anyone wants to step into the brave new world of NFTs, the standard Daz 3D EULA is all anyone needs to mint their own 2D art and motion graphics animations for sale on NFT platforms. The risk of entry shouldn't be on Tafi (or Daz 3D) — stick to providing artists the tools they need to succeed in making 3D art, and you will be rewarded with continued sales from that community of both aspiring and professional artists.
This will probably get deleted, but there is that other site where PAs can sell products compatible with Daz Studio instead of here. I won't judge anyone who still shops here, but I'm definitely out for the duration of the NFT and Shudu shilling. At the very least they could have endorsed an actual Black artist for their diversity in art messaging. Even when they give up on crypto, I may not be back. Not at this store - this is worse than the encryption scandal.