Except that the whole reason these “artists” made the “art” to begin with was to make an end-run around regulations.
These people were not driven to art because they liked making art. They liked that they could make a profit from art like the paper handed bitches they are.
Yep, and that needs better regulation as well. Most of the “high-art” of the world is stupid shit literally used for money laundering, and NFTs just want a piece of that money-laundering pie.
Doesn’t make either of them ethical things.
As someone else pointed out here in this thread, you can support an artist with a direct donation or by buying the art with cash. I personally feel like buying it through an NFT is an outright admission that you only buy art to make money off of it.
The SEC also regulates trading in stocks, which are contracts that show ownership, just of a portion of a corporation instead of a piece of art. They’re both classified as securities because they can be bought, sold and traded as investments where people can stand to gain or lose large sums of money in said trades. They work in very similar, if not identical, ways. If the NFT did not function so much like a stock investment and was just something you could buy or sell as a regular good, then the implementation would not be so weird.
I thought the whole point of crypto/blockchain technologies was to avoid government regulations?
“artists”
No worse than any other form of modern “art”
Except that the whole reason these “artists” made the “art” to begin with was to make an end-run around regulations.
These people were not driven to art because they liked making art. They liked that they could make a profit from art like the paper handed bitches they are.
That also applies to a lot of meatspace modern art.
Yep, and that needs better regulation as well. Most of the “high-art” of the world is stupid shit literally used for money laundering, and NFTs just want a piece of that money-laundering pie.
Doesn’t make either of them ethical things.
As someone else pointed out here in this thread, you can support an artist with a direct donation or by buying the art with cash. I personally feel like buying it through an NFT is an outright admission that you only buy art to make money off of it.
I believe NFTs are actually a good idea on paper for this use case. Our implementation of the idea is weird though.
I don’t know why the SEC though. NFTs are not “money”. It’s a contract that shows ownership. It’s a legal issue in my opinion
Guess what the SEC enforces? You guessed it, laws!
The SEC also regulates trading in stocks, which are contracts that show ownership, just of a portion of a corporation instead of a piece of art. They’re both classified as securities because they can be bought, sold and traded as investments where people can stand to gain or lose large sums of money in said trades. They work in very similar, if not identical, ways. If the NFT did not function so much like a stock investment and was just something you could buy or sell as a regular good, then the implementation would not be so weird.
It looks like they’re suing because the SEC declared them as a security, and the artists don’t want them to be classed as one.
I see.