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BEWARE of fake EEVblog NFT's
cdev:
I have a huge collection of mix tapes of sets done by house and techno DJs in San Francisco in the early 90s, I was at many of the events, which were often held in amazing places like on beaches, in forests and other secret locations, and now are kind of legendary.. (Many are also on internet, and the digital files sound better than my old cassette tapes.) But I wouldn't sell them for anything.
I still remember these events.. The events were often recorded on DAT tapes by friends. It seems kind of weird to value an "original" DAT higher now because the hardware to play them is now rare (obsolete, probably) and well recorded MP3s sound just as good, and much better than Miles' handlabelled cassetes. Some of the DJs are still playing in the US, but several who were from the UK have moved back there. I guess I could see some of the artifacts of those amazing events having value as collectibles if one had been there. Otherwise they would be just other mix tapes. Exeptional mixes, yes, but worth large sums of money? I doubt it.
More like the tapes that Grateful Dead fans used to (perhaps still do) trade around. Many are now findable on archive.org
bdunham7:
--- Quote from: nctnico on January 17, 2022, 09:44:31 pm ---I quit buying music & video in physical form years ago. For me it is much easier to play music from my PC than having to change CDs all the time. But the thing is: when I buy a music file, I get a file without anything. Selling it on is hard since I have no way to really prove I own a license to the file or anything ((you don't own music, video, etc; just a license to listen / watch). Maybe the receipt could help but it is easy to fake. Now, if I had some kind of unique and traceable digital token attached to the file that would indicate that I own some form of license, I could sell it on. And that is the void that NFTs are filling.
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This is vastly overcomplicating things by replacing simple, solved solutions with novel 'technology' for technology's sake alone. Buy a CD, rip it to your PC, retain the CD as your proof of ownership. Or, sell the CD if you like. But reselling your audio or video files isn't really a big issue in real life, is it?
eti:
--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on January 16, 2022, 11:23:07 am ---The population of this planet is insane. :-//
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Like we needed a reminder 😂
thinkfat:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on January 16, 2022, 02:15:35 am ---
--- Quote from: MK14 on January 15, 2022, 10:47:02 pm ---I still don't really understand what the heck an NFT is, given we already have copyright, patents, property ownership, domain names etc. Why do we need NFTs as well ?
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Digital collectible bragging rights. And the hope that you can sell it onto someone else who wants to brag even more than you.
There are legit uses of course, but it's mostly just a mass hysteria digital art speculation fest right now.
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Sounds like a "Greater Fool" economy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_fool_theory
rsjsouza:
--- Quote from: bdunham7 on January 18, 2022, 03:13:27 am ---
--- Quote from: nctnico on January 17, 2022, 09:44:31 pm ---I quit buying music & video in physical form years ago. For me it is much easier to play music from my PC than having to change CDs all the time. But the thing is: when I buy a music file, I get a file without anything. Selling it on is hard since I have no way to really prove I own a license to the file or anything ((you don't own music, video, etc; just a license to listen / watch). Maybe the receipt could help but it is easy to fake. Now, if I had some kind of unique and traceable digital token attached to the file that would indicate that I own some form of license, I could sell it on. And that is the void that NFTs are filling.
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This is vastly overcomplicating things by replacing simple, solved solutions with novel 'technology' for technology's sake alone. Buy a CD, rip it to your PC, retain the CD as your proof of ownership. Or, sell the CD if you like. But reselling your audio or video files isn't really a big issue in real life, is it?
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The whole shebang of digital watermarking and tokenization is to ease transactions without the physical media, while keeping close track of its life in the digital ocean. In days like these, where everything is a bitstream, this makes sense to some. To me, I take the physical token of ownership granted by a CD/DVD anyday - not only I can have a "master copy" with artwork and such, but it is one less venue to be tracked.
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